Tex. Transp. Code § 5.006 · Chapter 5. DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF COMMON CARRIERS
LIABILITY AS WAREHOUSEMAN OR COMMON CARRIER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A common carrier having a depot or warehouse is liable, as is a warehouseman at common law, for any goods stored at the depot or warehouse:
(1) before the trip begins; or
(2) after the goods reach the destination if, after the carrier uses due diligence to notify the consignee, the consignee fails to take possession of the goods.
(b) A common carrier is liable as a common carrier from the beginning of the trip until the goods are delivered to the consignee at the point of destination.
(c) For purposes of this section, a trip begins when the bill of lading is signed.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.5.htm
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- 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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