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

Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 92.055: RESTRICTIONS ON LATE CHARGES AND REINSTATEMENT FEES.

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  1. BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE
  2. TITLE 5. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES AND SERVICES
  3. SUBTITLE B. RENTAL PRACTICES
  4. CHAPTER 92. RENTAL-PURCHASE AGREEMENTS
  5. SUBCHAPTER B. FORM AND CONTENT OF AGREEMENTS

(a) Only one late charge or reinstatement fee may be collected on a payment regardless of the period during which the payment remains in default.

(b) A rental-purchase agreement may require the consumer to pay a late charge or reinstatement fee only if:

(1) a periodic payment is delinquent for more than:

(A) seven days, if the payment is due monthly; or

(B) three days, if the payment is due more frequently than monthly; and

(2) the charge or fee is in an amount not less than $5 and not more than the lesser of:

(A) $10; or

(B) 10 percent of the delinquent payment.

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

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