{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-17.56-2","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 17.56 (2)","heading":"VENUE.","body":"Text of section as amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 9.\nAn action brought under this subchapter may be brought:\n(1) in any county in which venue is proper under Chapter 15, Civil Practice and Remedies Code; or\n(2) in a county in which the defendant or an authorized agent of the defendant solicited the transaction made the subject of the action at bar.\nAdded by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 322, ch. 143, Sec. 1, eff. May 21, 1973. Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 604, ch. 216, Sec. 8, eff. May 23, 1977; Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 1332, ch. 603, Sec. 7, eff. Aug. 27, 1979; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 2. COMPETITION AND TRADE PRACTICES","CHAPTER 17. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES","SUBCHAPTER E. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.17.htm#17.56","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"5465671d5a7775c39a1ae5fdff6e88ee642db7a5d028456126c6fd8af27824a3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-17.56","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-17.565"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}