{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-7.603","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 7.603","heading":"CONFLICTING CLAIMS; INTERPLEADER.","body":"If more than one person claims title to or possession of the goods, the bailee is excused from delivery until the bailee has a reasonable time to ascertain the validity of the adverse claims or to commence an action for interpleader. The bailee may assert an interpleader either in defending an action for nondelivery of the goods or by original action.\nActs 1967, 60th Leg., p. 2343, ch. 785, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1967.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 122 (S.B. 1593), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 1. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE","CHAPTER 7. DOCUMENTS OF TITLE","SUBCHAPTER F. WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS AND BILLS OF LADING: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.7.htm#7.603","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"36266285e736c7102365d3fb9d3830ae9df4f14d1cbf62f41a7013ff941a363c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-7.602","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-8.101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}