Tex. Occ. Code § 1801.151 · Subchapter D. ACTIONS AGAINST COMMISSION MERCHANTS
REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN WRITTEN LICENSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A commission merchant must obtain the express written license from the owner or consignor of goods, or a person authorized by the owner or consignor, before the commission merchant may, directly or indirectly, purchase or reserve an interest in the consigned goods in the merchant's name or in the name or through the instrumentality of another, for the merchant's benefit or for the benefit of another, or as an agent of any other person.
(b) On violation by a commission merchant of Subsection (a), the owner of the goods is entitled to recover from the commission merchant a penalty in an amount equal to half of the value of the goods.
(c) An action for a penalty under Subsection (b) must be brought in the county in which:
(1) the sale took place; or
(2) the commission merchant resides.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1801.htm
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