{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-72.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 72.002","heading":"DESTRUCTION OF CERTAIN BUSINESS RECORDS.","body":"(a) A business record required to be retained by a law of this state may be destroyed at any time after the third anniversary of the date the business record was created.\n(b) Subsection (a) does not apply if a law or rule applicable to the business record prescribes a different retention period or procedure for disposal.\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 5. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES AND SERVICES","SUBTITLE A. GENERAL PRACTICES","CHAPTER 72. BUSINESS RECORDS","SUBCHAPTER A. DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN BUSINESS RECORDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.72.htm#72.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"43142f586637a258ffee6f31162f06bc1abea98cb472d2534fd13960613c075a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-72.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-72.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}