{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-91.054","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 91.054","heading":"PROHIBITED REPRESENTATIONS AND COERCION.","body":"(a) An employee or agent of a rental company may not:\n(1) make an oral or written representation that contradicts this chapter; or\n(2) use coercive language or a coercive act in an attempt to persuade a renter to purchase a damage waiver.\n(b) For purposes of this section, if the renter has declined the damage waiver, a further statement or question by the employee or agent that refers to the damage waiver, other than a statement made in conjunction with review of the rental agreement that the waiver has been declined, is considered coercive.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 5. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES AND SERVICES","SUBTITLE B. RENTAL PRACTICES","CHAPTER 91. PRIVATE PASSENGER VEHICLE RENTAL COMPANIES","SUBCHAPTER B. DAMAGE WAIVERS AND MANDATORY CHARGES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.91.htm#91.054","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"09f69a5458fe9caf03823587fb5b381594fd5185a8c18a64bb4ed430de6eec48","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-91.053","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-91.055"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}