{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-145.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 145.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"In-home service company\" means a person who employs a person to enter another person's residence and for a fee repair:\n(A) an appliance;\n(B) the residence's heating, air-conditioning, and ventilation system;\n(C) the residence's plumbing system; or\n(D) the residence's electrical system.\n(1-a) \"Residence\" means a person's principal or ordinary home or dwelling place and includes:\n(A) any garage that is attached to the home or dwelling place; and\n(B) any construction area that is attached to and accessible from the inhabited area or the attached garage of the home or dwelling place.\n(2) \"Residential delivery company\" means a person who employs a person to, for a fee:\n(A) deliver an item to another person's residence; and\n(B) enter the residence to place, assemble, or install the item.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 228, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 751 (S.B. 627), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 145. LIABILITY FOR NEGLIGENT HIRING BY IN-HOME SERVICE COMPANIES AND RESIDENTIAL DELIVERY COMPANIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.145.htm#145.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"c83c61d83bf933ee1785efe22b17e301098fffdd7ff27c9d25da376bbec788cc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-144.009","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-145.0015"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}