Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 505.002 · Chapter 505. USE OF ZIP CODE TO VERIFY CUSTOMER'S IDENTITY
USE OF ZIP CODE TO VERIFY IDENTITY IN CREDIT CARD TRANSACTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A business may require a customer who purchases a good or service from the business using a credit card to provide the customer's zip code to verify the customer's identity as provided by Subsection (b).
(b) A business that obtains a customer's zip code under Subsection (a) may electronically verify with the credit card issuer that the zip code matches any zip code that the credit card issuer has on file for the credit card.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 4.010(a), eff. September 1, 2009.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.505.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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