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

Tex. Finance Code § 59.106: ACCESS BY MORE THAN ONE PERSON.

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  1. FINANCE CODE
  2. TITLE 3. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES
  3. SUBTITLE A. BANKS
  4. CHAPTER 59. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
  5. 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.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:13Z. Source file · JSON

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