Tex. Fin. Code § 277.003 · Chapter 277. BUSINESS CHECKING ACCOUNTS
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A financial institution may not unreasonably withhold the information described by Section 277.002 in response to a written request for the information that:
(1) is made by a person to whom the financial institution has returned a dishonored check or draft that was issued to the person by a business that maintains a business checking account; and
(2) includes a photocopy of the dishonored check or draft.
(b) A financial institution that assesses a reasonable research fee in the regular course of business may assess the fee on a person who requests information under this section.
(c) A financial institution is not liable to an account holder or other person for the disclosure of information under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 998, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.277.htm
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