{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-17.82","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 17.82","heading":"PROHIBITED CONDUCT.","body":"(a) A person may not conduct a sale advertised with the phrase \"going out of business,\" \"closing out,\" \"shutting doors forever,\" or \"bankruptcy sale\"; the word \"foreclosure\" or \"bankruptcy\"; or a similar phrase or word indicating that an enterprise is ceasing business unless the business is closing all of its operations in a county and in all of the counties immediately adjacent to that county and follows the procedures required by this subchapter.\n(b) A person may not fraudulently represent that the person is conducting a going out of business sale.\nAdded by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 172, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 2. COMPETITION AND TRADE PRACTICES","CHAPTER 17. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES","SUBCHAPTER F. GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.17.htm#17.82","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"410137fb04575cfb5fd8e581088345630d111e7a8959a390a8e1253c4400f42e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-17.81","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-17.83"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}