{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-143a.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 143A.003","heading":"WAIVER PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) A waiver or purported waiver of the protections provided by this chapter is void as unlawful and against public policy, and a court or arbitrator may not enforce or give effect to the waiver, including in an action brought under Section 143A.007, notwithstanding any contract or choice-of-law provision in a contract.\n(b) The waiver prohibition described by Subsection (a) is a public-policy limitation on contractual and other waivers of the highest importance and interest to this state, and this state is exercising and enforcing this limitation to the full extent permitted by the United States Constitution and Texas Constitution.\nAdded by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 20), Sec. 7, eff. December 2, 2021.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 143A. DISCOURSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.143A.htm#143A.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"4a185eb0427b01a672fe35df0e75e064e75ab19767afb1aacecf35b0791d1a99","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-143a.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-143a.0035"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}