Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 721.002 · Chapter 721. USE OF NAMES OR PICTURES IN ADVERTISEMENTS
CERTAIN USES OF NAME OR PICTURE OF MEMBER OF ARMED FORCES PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person uses, in an advertisement for a commercial purpose, the name of an individual who is an active duty or former member of the United States armed forces, who is a member or former member of a reserve component of the United States armed forces, or who is a member or former member of the state military forces, as defined by Section 437.001, Government Code, or a picture of the individual in uniform in which the individual is clearly identifiable, without obtaining the consent of:
(1) the individual, if the individual is living; or
(2) the individual's surviving spouse or personal representative or a majority of the individual's adult heirs, if the individual is deceased.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 4.014(a), eff. September 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1217 (S.B. 1536), Sec. 3.01, eff. September 1, 2013.
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.721.htm
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