Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 504.002
PROHIBITION ON USE FOR SOLICITATION OR SALE OF INFORMATION
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- Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 504.002, PROHIBITION ON USE FOR SOLICITATION OR SALE OF INFORMATION, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/631464
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(a) A person who possesses crime victim or motor vehicle collision information that the person obtained or knows was obtained from a law enforcement agency may not:
(1) use the information to contact directly any of the following persons for the purpose of soliciting business from the person:
(A) a crime victim;
(B) a person who was involved in a motor vehicle collision; or
(C) a member of the family of a person described by Paragraph (A) or (B); or
(2) sell the information to another person for financial gain.
(b) The attorney general may bring an action against a person who violates Subsection (a) pursuant to Section 17.47.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person violates Subsection (a). An offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor unless the defendant has been previously convicted under this section three or more times, in which event the offense is a felony of the third degree.