GroundRules
← Search the law
Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 325.004: CREATION AND USE OF WEB PAGE OR DOMAIN NAME FOR FRAUDULENT PURPOSE PROHIBITED.

Read at publisher ↗
Where this section sits in the code
  1. BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE
  2. TITLE 10. USE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS
  3. SUBTITLE B. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
  4. CHAPTER 325. INTERNET FRAUD

A person may not, with the intent to engage in conduct involving the fraudulent use or possession of identifying information of another person:

(1) create a web page or Internet domain name that is represented as a legitimate online business without the authorization of the registered owner of that business; and

(2) use that web page or a link to that web page, that domain name, or another site on the Internet to induce, request, or solicit another person to provide identifying information for a purpose that the other person believes is legitimate.

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

Browse this collection