{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-251.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 251.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Goods\" means all things treated as movable for purposes of a contract of storage or transportation.\n(2) \"Issue\" includes aiding in the issuance of a warehouse receipt.\n(3) \"Warehouse receipt\" means a receipt issued by a warehouseman.\n(4) \"Warehouseman\" means a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire. The term includes an officer, agent, or employee of a warehouseman.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 7. RECEIPTS, DOCUMENTS OF TITLE, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS","CHAPTER 251. WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.251.htm#251.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"af2f47b16f06be6c84e796514befd880608a4916619e0e820f33281add42caec","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-204.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-251.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}