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Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 17.82

PROHIBITED CONDUCT

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Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 17.82, PROHIBITED CONDUCT, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/630486
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(a) A person may not conduct a sale advertised with the phrase "going out of business," "closing out," "shutting doors forever," or "bankruptcy sale"; the word "foreclosure" or "bankruptcy"; or a similar phrase or word indicating that an enterprise is ceasing business unless the business is closing all of its operations in a county and in all of the counties immediately adjacent to that county and follows the procedures required by this subchapter. (b) A person may not fraudulently represent that the person is conducting a going out of business sale.