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

Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 251.008: FAILURE TO DISCLOSE EXISTENCE OF LIEN ON GOODS.

Where this section sits in the code

BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE
TITLE 7. RECEIPTS, DOCUMENTS OF TITLE, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS
CHAPTER 251. WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS

(a) A person who obtains a negotiable warehouse receipt describing goods subject to a lien may not, with intent to defraud, negotiate the receipt for value without disclosing the lien's existence.

(b) A person who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by:

(1) confinement in the county jail for a term of not more than one year;

(2) a fine not to exceed $1,000; or

(3) both the fine and confinement.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.

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