{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-9.609","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 9.609","heading":"SECURED PARTY'S RIGHT TO TAKE POSSESSION AFTER DEFAULT.","body":"(a) After default, a secured party:\n(1) may take possession of the collateral; and\n(2) without removal, may render equipment unusable and dispose of collateral on the debtor's premises under Section 9.610.\n(b) A secured party may proceed under Subsection (a):\n(1) pursuant to judicial process; or\n(2) without judicial process, if it proceeds without breach of the peace.\n(c) If so agreed, and in any event after default, a secured party may require the debtor to assemble the collateral and make it available to the secured party at a place to be designated by the secured party that is reasonably convenient to both parties.\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#9.609","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"a52d59b12ca476d91442187e052c4c824e142073f5506ede7c2017e19839202c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-9.608","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-9.610"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}