{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-17.042","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 17.042","heading":"ACTS CONSTITUTING BUSINESS IN THIS STATE.","body":"In addition to other acts that may constitute doing business, a nonresident does business in this state if the nonresident:\n(1) contracts by mail or otherwise with a Texas resident and either party is to perform the contract in whole or in part in this state;\n(2) commits a tort in whole or in part in this state; or\n(3) recruits Texas residents, directly or through an intermediary located in this state, for employment inside or outside this state.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL","SUBTITLE B. TRIAL MATTERS","CHAPTER 17. PARTIES; CITATION; LONG-ARM JURISDICTION","SUBCHAPTER C. LONG-ARM JURISDICTION IN SUIT ON BUSINESS TRANSACTION OR TORT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.17.htm#17.042","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"10eb341cdb680a796f463f063600342fe42a9665de2a826d19ea58412bfc71c3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-17.041","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-17.043"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}