Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 145.001 · Chapter 145. LIABILITY FOR NEGLIGENT HIRING BY IN-HOME SERVICE COMPANIES AND RESIDENTIAL DELIVERY COMPANIES
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "In-home service company" means a person who employs a person to enter another person's residence and for a fee repair:
(A) an appliance;
(B) the residence's heating, air-conditioning, and ventilation system;
(C) the residence's plumbing system; or
(D) the residence's electrical system.
(1-a) "Residence" means a person's principal or ordinary home or dwelling place and includes:
(A) any garage that is attached to the home or dwelling place; and
(B) any construction area that is attached to and accessible from the inhabited area or the attached garage of the home or dwelling place.
(2) "Residential delivery company" means a person who employs a person to, for a fee:
(A) deliver an item to another person's residence; and
(B) enter the residence to place, assemble, or install the item.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 228, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 751 (S.B. 627), Sec. 1, 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/CP/htm/CP.145.htm
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