{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-271.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 271.008","heading":"APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS; EXCEPTIONS.","body":"(a) Sections 271.004-271.007 apply to the determination of the law that governs an issue relating to a transaction involving real property other than a matter described by Subsection (b), including the validity or enforceability of an indebtedness incurred in consideration for the transfer of, or the payment of which is secured by a lien on, real property.\n(b) Sections 271.004-271.007 do not apply to the determination of the law that governs:\n(1) whether a transaction transfers or creates an interest in real property for security purposes or otherwise;\n(2) the nature of an interest in real property that is transferred or created by a transaction;\n(3) the method for foreclosure of a lien on real property;\n(4) the nature of an interest in real property that results from foreclosure; or\n(5) the manner and effect of recording or failing to record evidence of a transaction that transfers or creates an interest in real property.\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 9. APPLICABILITY OF LAW TO COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS","CHAPTER 271. RIGHTS OF PARTIES TO CHOOSE LAW APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.271.htm#271.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"e650a1ef1109ce7d88b9f5eecb7d1ef046fc04db762caa64c6fa72ee59e636bd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-271.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-271.009"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}