{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-9.613","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 9.613","heading":"CONTENTS AND FORM OF NOTIFICATION BEFORE DISPOSITION OF COLLATERAL: GENERAL.","body":"Except in a consumer-goods transaction, the following rules apply:\n(1) The contents of a notification of disposition are sufficient if the notification:\n(A) describes the debtor and the secured party;\n(B) describes the collateral that is the subject of the intended disposition;\n(C) states the method of intended disposition;\n(D) states that the debtor is entitled to an accounting of the unpaid indebtedness and states the charge, if any, for an accounting; and\n(E) states the time and place of a public disposition or the time after which any other disposition is to be made.\n(2) Whether the contents of a notification that lacks any of the information specified in Subdivision (1) are nevertheless sufficient is a question of fact.\n(3) The contents of a notification providing substantially the information specified in Subdivision (1) are sufficient, even if the notification includes:\n(A) information not specified by that subdivision; or\n(B) minor errors that are not seriously misleading.\n(4) A particular phrasing of the notification is not required.\n(5) The following form of notification and the form appearing in Section 9.614(3), when completed, each provide sufficient information:\nNOTIFICATION OF DISPOSITION OF COLLATERAL\nTo: __________________[Name of debtor, obligor, or other person to which the notification is sent]\nFrom: ________[Name, address, and telephone number of secured party]\nName of Debtor(s): ________________ [Include only if debtor(s) are not an addressee]\n[For a public disposition:]\nWe will sell [or lease or license, as applicable] the [describe collateral] [to the highest qualified bidder] in public as follows:\nDay and Date: ______ Time: _____ Place: _______[For a private disposition:]\nWe will sell [or lease or license, as applicable] the _________ [describe collateral] privately sometime after _____ [day and date].\nYou are entitled to an accounting of the unpaid indebtedness secured by the property that we intend to sell [or lease or license, as applicable] [for a charge of $____]. You may request an accounting by calling us at ______ [telephone number].\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 705, Sec. 20, eff. June 13, 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#9.613","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"57c0ca5d97820f819ecb3718ea2943c2b5bd7d77fe30d31883018df8993b2b03","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-9.612","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-9.614"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}