Tex. Fin. Code § 353.108 · Subchapter B. RETAIL INSTALLMENT CONTRACT
CHARGES FOR COLLECTING DEBT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A retail installment contract may provide for the payment of:
(1) reasonable attorney's fees if the contract is referred for collection to an attorney who is not a salaried employee of the holder;
(2) court costs and disbursements; and
(3) reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the repossession or sequestration of the commercial vehicle securing the payment of the contract or foreclosure of a security interest in the vehicle, including the costs of storing, reconditioning, and reselling the vehicle, subject to the standards of good faith and commercial reasonableness set by Title 1, Business & Commerce Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 117 (H.B. 2559), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2011.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.353.htm
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