Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 121.021
DUTY TO VERIFY AGE OF USER; AGE CATEGORIES
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- Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 121.021, DUTY TO VERIFY AGE OF USER; AGE CATEGORIES, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/631098
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(a) When an individual in this state creates an account with an app store, the owner of the app store shall use a commercially reasonable method of verification to verify the individual's age category under Subsection (b).
(b) The owner of an app store shall use the following age categories for assigning a designation:
(1) an individual who is younger than 13 years of age is considered a "child";
(2) an individual who is at least 13 years of age but younger than 16 years of age is considered a "younger teenager";
(3) an individual who is at least 16 years of age but younger than 18 years of age is considered an "older teenager"; and
(4) an individual who is at least 18 years of age is considered an "adult."