{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-9.201","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 9.201","heading":"GENERAL EFFECTIVENESS OF SECURITY AGREEMENT.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided by this title, a security agreement is effective according to its terms between the parties, against purchasers of the collateral, and against creditors.\n(b) A transaction subject to this chapter is subject to any applicable rule of law that establishes a different rule for consumers and to:\n(1) Title 4, Finance Code; and\n(2) Subchapter E, Chapter 17.\n(c) In case of conflict between this chapter and a rule of law, statute, or regulation described in Subsection (b), the rule of law, statute, or regulation controls. Failure to comply with a statute or regulation described in Subsection (b) has only the effect the statute or regulation specifies.\n(d) This chapter does not:\n(1) validate any rate, charge, agreement, or practice that violates a rule of law, statute, or regulation described in Subsection (b); or\n(2) extend the application of the rule of law, statute, or regulation to a transaction not otherwise subject to it.\nAmended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 1. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE","CHAPTER 9. SECURED TRANSACTIONS","SUBCHAPTER B. EFFECTIVENESS OF SECURITY AGREEMENT; ATTACHMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST; RIGHTS OF PARTIES TO SECURITY AGREEMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.9.htm#9.201","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"fb5ef9fb71f5211d47d93acbd23e83eed240c2124ebb97ae5c267460874ef6fa","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-9.110","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-9.202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}