{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-17.923","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 17.923","heading":"REQUIRED DISCLOSURES FOR TELEPHONE OR DOOR-TO-DOOR SOLICITATIONS.","body":"(a) A for-profit entity or individual who makes, or directs another person to make, a telephone or door-to-door solicitation requesting that the person solicited donate clothing or household goods may not subsequently sell the donated items unless the solicitor provides to each person solicited, before accepting a donation from the person, the appropriate disclaimer prescribed by this section.\n(b) If none of the proceeds from the sale of the donated items will be given to a charitable organization, the solicitor must state:\n\"DONATIONS ARE NOT FOR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND WILL BE SOLD FOR PROFIT.\"\n(c) If any of the proceeds from the sale of the donated items will be given to a charitable organization, the solicitor must state:\n\"DONATIONS TO (NAME OF FOR-PROFIT ENTITY OR INDIVIDUAL) WILL BE SOLD FOR PROFIT AND ____ PERCENT (INSERT PERCENTAGE) OF ALL PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO (NAME OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION).\"\n(d) If the for-profit entity or individual pays to a charitable organization a flat fee that is not contingent on the proceeds generated from the sale of the donated items and the for-profit entity or individual retains a percentage of the proceeds from the sale, the solicitor must state:\n\"SOLICITATIONS FOR DONATIONS ARE MADE BY (NAME OF FOR-PROFIT ENTITY OR INDIVIDUAL) ON BEHALF OF (NAME OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION). Donations will be sold for profit by (name of for-profit entity or individual) and a flat fee of (insert amount) is paid to (name of charitable organization).\"\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1368 (S.B. 776), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 2. COMPETITION AND TRADE PRACTICES","CHAPTER 17. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES","SUBCHAPTER K. REGULATING THE COLLECTION OR SOLICITATION BY FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES OF CERTAIN PUBLIC DONATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.17.htm#17.923","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"99afc2b3df50ab220d4e364911babc4f86c0c5eba63d2ac3672168c3453adf93","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-17.922","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-17.924"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}