{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-252.006","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business Organizations Code § 252.006","heading":"LIABILITY IN TORT AND CONTRACT.","body":"(a) A nonprofit association is a legal entity separate from its members for the purposes of determining and enforcing rights, duties, and liabilities in contract and tort.\n(b) A person is not liable for a breach of a nonprofit association's contract or for a tortious act or omission for which a nonprofit association is liable merely because the person is a member, is authorized to participate in the management of the affairs of the nonprofit association, or is a person considered as a member by the nonprofit association.\n(c) A tortious act or omission of a member or other person for which a nonprofit association is liable is not imputed to a person merely because the person is a member of the nonprofit association, is authorized to participate in the management of the affairs of the nonprofit association, or is a person considered as a member by the nonprofit association.\n(d) A member of, or a person considered as a member by, a nonprofit association may assert a claim against the nonprofit association. A nonprofit association may assert a claim against a member or a person considered as a member by the nonprofit association.\nActs 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.","path":["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE","TITLE 6. ASSOCIATIONS","CHAPTER 252. UNINCORPORATED NONPROFIT ASSOCIATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.252.htm#252.006","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:58Z","sha256":"f8a348eedcad06fcc52894398bf6a858c0133002f1aacab026d2e3895a68ff12","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-252.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-252.007"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}