{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-3.119","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 3.119","heading":"NOTICE OF RIGHT TO DEFEND ACTION.","body":"In an action for breach of an obligation for which a third person is answerable over pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 4, the defendant may give the third person notice of the litigation in a record, and the person notified may then give similar notice to any other person who is answerable over. If the notice states (i) that the person notified may come in and defend, and (ii) that failure to do so will bind the person notified in an action later brought by the person giving the notice as to any determination of fact common to the two litigations, the person notified is so bound unless after seasonable receipt of the notice the person notified does come in and defend.\nAmended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 921, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 95 (S.B. 1563), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 1. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE","CHAPTER 3. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.3.htm#3.119","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"ed92f21cef431fcb058ca9d76103f4395a05d8f553f91d35bcc9ee658eddcbc6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-3.118","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-3.201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}