{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-321.052","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 321.052","heading":"REQUIREMENT FOR TRANSMISSION OF UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES.","body":"(a) A person may not intentionally take an action to transmit an unsolicited commercial electronic mail message unless:\n(1) \"ADV:\" appears first in the subject line of the message or, if the message contains obscene material or material depicting sexual conduct, \"ADV: ADULT ADVERTISEMENT\" appears first in the subject line; and\n(2) the sender or a person acting on behalf of the sender provides a functioning return electronic mail address to which a recipient of the message may, at no cost to the recipient, send a reply requesting the removal of the recipient's electronic mail address from the sender's electronic mail list.\n(b) A sender shall remove a person's electronic mail address from the sender's electronic mail list not later than the third day after the date the sender receives a request for removal of that address under Subsection (a)(2).\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 10. USE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS","SUBTITLE B. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS","CHAPTER 321. REGULATION OF ELECTRONIC MAIL","SUBCHAPTER B. PROHIBITED AND REQUIRED CONDUCT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.321.htm#321.052","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"09e26d039120e7643e7e078281c21035e69d313fc4082566e640a8cda43d248c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-321.051","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-321.053"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}