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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 20.29: FEES.

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  1. BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE
  2. TITLE 2. COMPETITION AND TRADE PRACTICES
  3. CHAPTER 20. REGULATION OF CONSUMER CREDIT REPORTING AGENCIES
  4. SUBCHAPTER E. SECURITY FREEZE FOR CHILD

(a) A consumer reporting agency may not charge a fee for any service performed under this subchapter other than a fee authorized by this section.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a consumer reporting agency may charge a reasonable fee in an amount not to exceed $10 for each placement or removal of a security freeze on the protected consumer's consumer file or record.

(c) A consumer reporting agency may not charge a fee for the placement of a security freeze under this subchapter if:

(1) the protected consumer's representative submits to the consumer reporting agency a copy of a valid police report, investigative report, or complaint involving the commission of an offense under Section 32.51, Penal Code; or

(2) at the time the protected consumer's representative makes the request for a security freeze:

(A) the protected consumer is under the age of 16; and

(B) the consumer reporting agency has created a consumer report pertaining to the protected consumer.

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 64 (S.B. 60), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:46:56Z. Source file · JSON

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