{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-2a.208","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 2A.208","heading":"MODIFICATION, RESCISSION AND WAIVER.","body":"(a) An agreement modifying a lease contract needs no consideration to be binding.\n(b) A signed lease agreement that excludes modification or rescission except by a signed writing may not be otherwise modified or rescinded, but, except as between merchants, such a requirement on a form supplied by a merchant must be separately signed by the other party.\n(c) Although an attempt at modification or rescission does not satisfy the requirements of Subsection (b), it may operate as a waiver.\n(d) A party who has made a waiver affecting an executory portion of a lease contract may retract the waiver by reasonable notification received by the other party that strict performance will be required of any term waived, unless a retraction would be unjust in view of a material change of position in reliance on the waiver.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 570, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 1. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE","CHAPTER 2A. LEASES","SUBCHAPTER B. FORMATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF LEASE CONTRACT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.2A.htm#2A.208","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"8341e34cf2cf514f729c5af98a0dac6cf13691f4b32d09e4b477a52d429cf2ad","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-2a.206","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-2a.209"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}