{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-106.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 106.004","heading":"DISCLOSURE BY PROVIDER THAT DOES NOT CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK.","body":"(a) An online dating service provider that offers services to residents of this state and does not conduct a criminal background check on each member before permitting a Texas member to communicate through the provider with another member shall clearly and conspicuously disclose to all Texas members that the provider does not conduct criminal background checks, as described by Section 106.003.\n(b) The disclosure required by this section must be stated in bold, capital letters, in at least 12-point type on the online dating service provider's Internet website.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 27 (S.B. 488), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 5. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES AND SERVICES","SUBTITLE C. BUSINESS OPERATIONS","CHAPTER 106. INTERNET DATING SAFETY ACT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.106.htm#106.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"4191a79284331b79e49eb8b53163249b16034232e3f5fcdeb2f3bf3a1ca2637f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-106.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-106.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}