{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-721.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 721.002","heading":"CERTAIN USES OF NAME OR PICTURE OF MEMBER OF ARMED FORCES PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person uses, in an advertisement for a commercial purpose, the name of an individual who is an active duty or former member of the United States armed forces, who is a member or former member of a reserve component of the United States armed forces, or who is a member or former member of the state military forces, as defined by Section 437.001, Government Code, or a picture of the individual in uniform in which the individual is clearly identifiable, without obtaining the consent of:\n(1) the individual, if the individual is living; or\n(2) the individual's surviving spouse or personal representative or a majority of the individual's adult heirs, if the individual is deceased.\n(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 4.014(a), eff. September 1, 2009.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1217 (S.B. 1536), Sec. 3.01, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 16. ADVERTISING AND MARKETING","SUBTITLE A. ADVERTISEMENTS","CHAPTER 721. USE OF NAMES OR PICTURES IN ADVERTISEMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.721.htm#721.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"4226a601c10fb58c12631748cd78ed63782eec2b43dc287b2a3159249f8e8d29","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-721.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-721.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}