Tex. Prop. Code § 26.002 · Chapter 26. USE OF A DECEASED INDIVIDUAL'S NAME, VOICE, SIGNATURE, PHOTOGRAPH, OR LIKENESS
PROPERTY RIGHT ESTABLISHED.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An individual has a property right in the use of the individual's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness after the death of the individual.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 152, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.26.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 227569763f6648e165f9fd65a96714b90801b41f3fa2884404510d64bec7499b
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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