{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-621.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 621.053","heading":"PROHIBITED ACTS RELATING TO GIFTS.","body":"A person may not:\n(1) use the term \"gift\" or a similar term in a false, misleading, or deceptive manner;\n(2) directly represent or imply that a gift promotion is a contest;\n(3) in a gift promotion, use the term:\n(A) \"finalist,\" \"major award winner,\" \"grand prize recipient,\" \"winner,\" \"won,\" \"will win,\" or \"will be awarded\" or use words or phrases of similar meaning that imply that a person is being solicited to enter or participate in a contest; or\n(B) \"sweepstakes\" or \"contest\" or use words or phrases of similar meaning that imply that a person is being solicited to enter or has won a contest;\n(4) represent that a gift has a sponsor, approval, characteristic, ingredient, use, benefit, quantity, status, affiliation, connection, or identity that the gift does not have;\n(5) represent that a gift is of a particular standard, quality, grade, style, or model if the gift is of another; or\n(6) use a word or phrase that:\n(A) simulates or causes confusion with a document issued by an officer of a court or with the seal or name of a real or fictitious governmental entity; or\n(B) implies that the offeror is sending a court document or legal document or that the offeror is a governmental entity.\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 13. CONTESTS AND OTHER PROMOTIONS","CHAPTER 621. CONTESTS AND GIFT GIVEAWAYS","SUBCHAPTER B. GIFT OFFERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.621.htm#621.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"f912d59f0456b4e68808626e620a9c8aec3c9aeba937a59a348224e260dcb6d9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-621.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-621.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}