{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-152.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business Organizations Code § 152.053","heading":"QUALIFICATIONS TO BE PARTNER; NONPARTNER'S LIABILITY TO THIRD PERSON.","body":"(a) A person may be a partner unless the person lacks capacity apart from this chapter.\n(b) Except as provided by Section 152.307, a person who is not a partner in a partnership under Section 152.051 is not a partner as to a third person and is not liable to a third person under this chapter.\nActs 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.","path":["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE","TITLE 4. PARTNERSHIPS","CHAPTER 152. GENERAL PARTNERSHIPS","SUBCHAPTER B. NATURE AND CREATION OF PARTNERSHIP"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.152.htm#152.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:58Z","sha256":"a3fe252f1ef6060b3e260ea2fcebea718469671a4f495167ba396c61eff1299c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-152.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-152.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}