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

Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 321.052: REQUIREMENT FOR TRANSMISSION OF UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES.

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  1. BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE
  2. TITLE 10. USE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS
  3. SUBTITLE B. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
  4. CHAPTER 321. REGULATION OF ELECTRONIC MAIL
  5. SUBCHAPTER B. PROHIBITED AND REQUIRED CONDUCT

(a) A person may not intentionally take an action to transmit an unsolicited commercial electronic mail message unless:

(1) "ADV:" appears first in the subject line of the message or, if the message contains obscene material or material depicting sexual conduct, "ADV: ADULT ADVERTISEMENT" appears first in the subject line; and

(2) the sender or a person acting on behalf of the sender provides a functioning return electronic mail address to which a recipient of the message may, at no cost to the recipient, send a reply requesting the removal of the recipient's electronic mail address from the sender's electronic mail list.

(b) A sender shall remove a person's electronic mail address from the sender's electronic mail list not later than the third day after the date the sender receives a request for removal of that address under Subsection (a)(2).

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

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

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