Tex. Finance Code § 59.106: ACCESS BY MORE THAN ONE PERSON.
Where this section sits in the code
- FINANCE CODE
- TITLE 3. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES
- SUBTITLE A. BANKS
- CHAPTER 59. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- SUBCHAPTER B. SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
(a) If a safe deposit box is leased in the name of two or more persons jointly or if a person other than the lessee is designated in the lease agreement as having a right of access to the box, each of those persons is entitled to have access to the box and to remove its contents in the absence of a contract to the contrary. This right of access and removal is not affected by the death or incapacity of another person who is a lessee or otherwise entitled to have access to the box.
(b) A safe deposit company is not responsible for damage arising from access to a safe deposit box or removal of any of its contents by a person with a right of access to the box.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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