Tex. Transp. Code § 686.005 · Chapter 686. VALET PARKING SERVICES
COMMON LAW DEFENSES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In an action against an owner or operator of a valet parking service that has not established financial responsibility as required by this chapter to recover damages for personal injuries, death, or property damage sustained in a motor vehicle collision arising out of the operation of a valet parking service, it is not a defense that the party who brings the action:
(1) was guilty of contributory negligence; or
(2) assumed the risk of injury, death, or property damage.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 23.002, eff. March 1, 2004.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 100, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.686.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 b4a11ef56ff1bf7dd19a3127f0f3de737aa7d954cd562e2ed1bd32b37ba63173
- 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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