{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-509.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 509.051","heading":"DIGITAL SERVICE PROVIDER DUTY TO REGISTER AGE OF USER.","body":"(a) A digital service provider may not enter into an agreement with a person to create an account with a digital service unless the person has registered the person's age with the digital service provider.\n(b) A person who registers the person's age as younger than 18 years of age is considered to be a known minor to the digital service provider until after the person's 18th birthday.\n(c) A digital service provider may not allow a person who registers the person's age to alter the person's registered age, unless the alteration process involves a commercially reasonable review process.\n(d) A minor is considered to be a known minor to a digital service provider if:\n(1) the minor registers the minor's age under Section 509.051 as younger than 18 years of age; or\n(2) the minor's parent or guardian, including a verified parent:\n(A) notifies a digital service provider that the minor is younger than 18 years of age;\n(B) successfully disputes the registered age of the minor; or\n(C) performs another function of a parent or guardian under this chapter.\n(e) If a minor is a known minor, or if the minor's parent or guardian, including a verified parent, takes an action under Subsection (a), a digital service provider:\n(1) is considered to have actual knowledge that the minor is younger than 18 years of age; and\n(2) shall treat the minor as a known minor under this chapter.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 795 (H.B. 18), Sec. 2.01, eff. September 1, 2024.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 11. PERSONAL IDENTITY INFORMATION","SUBTITLE A. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION","CHAPTER 509. USE OF DIGITAL SERVICES BY MINORS","SUBCHAPTER B. DIGITAL SERVICE PROVIDER DUTIES AND PROHIBITIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.509.htm#509.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"73a7a050a6e1c721b1480cf97a8dc116511b5a6b5b5045f54612ec1d16a7d13b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-509.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-509.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}