Tex. Finance Code § 154.265
DEFAULT UNDER CERTAIN CONTRACTS
Texas · Texas Finance Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Finance Code § 154.265, DEFAULT UNDER CERTAIN CONTRACTS, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/646263
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the purchaser of a trust-funded prepaid funeral benefits contract may not be considered in default under the contract if:
(1) the purchaser has paid at least 85 percent of the contract price; and
(2) the purchaser was unable to pay due to extenuating financial circumstances.
(b) A funeral provider is not required to provide funeral merchandise or services under a trust-funded prepaid funeral benefits contract unless any remaining balance, including any applicable finance charge, owed under the contract is paid before the funeral service or the funeral provider agrees in writing to another payment arrangement.
(c) This section does not affect a purchaser's right to cancel a trust-funded prepaid funeral benefits contract.