{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-261.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 261.003","heading":"APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.","body":"A utility is subject to the requirements and entitled to the benefits of this chapter:\n(1) only if the utility files with the secretary of state a utility security instrument that states conspicuously on its title page: \"This Instrument Grants A Security Interest By A Utility\"; and\n(2) only with respect to collateral covered by a utility security instrument filed by the utility in accordance with Subdivision (1).\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 8. SECURITY INSTRUMENTS","CHAPTER 261. UTILITY SECURITY INSTRUMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.261.htm#261.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"28aa0a582dfb2f51afc02ca0135a191c5fbb2427f6e88d5198d88fd62f1ae725","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-261.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-261.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}