{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-9.605","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 9.605","heading":"UNKNOWN DEBTOR OR SECONDARY OBLIGOR.","body":"A secured party does not owe a duty based on its status as secured party:\n(1) to a person that is a debtor or obligor, unless the secured party knows:\n(A) that the person is a debtor or obligor;\n(B) the identity of the person; and\n(C) how to communicate with the person; or\n(2) to a secured party or lienholder that has filed a financing statement against a person, unless the secured party knows:\n(A) that the person is a debtor; and\n(B) the identity of the person.\nAdded 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 F. DEFAULT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.9.htm#9.605","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"f675ac284cdaed34b490d63f1954736f287a25ddfe4b0966cd64e5ce378530cc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-9.604","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-9.606"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}