{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-345.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Finance Code § 345.051","heading":"RETAIL INSTALLMENT CONTRACT GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.","body":"(a) A retail installment contract must be:\n(1) in writing;\n(2) dated;\n(3) signed by the retail buyer; and\n(4) completed as to all essential provisions, except as provided by Section 345.064.\n(b) The contract must be designated \"Retail Installment Contract.\"\n(c) The printed or typed part of a retail installment contract, other than instructions for completion, must be in at least eight-point type unless a different size of type is required under this subchapter.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["FINANCE CODE","TITLE 4. REGULATION OF INTEREST, LOANS, AND FINANCED TRANSACTIONS","SUBTITLE B. LOANS AND FINANCED TRANSACTIONS","CHAPTER 345. RETAIL INSTALLMENT SALES","SUBCHAPTER B. RETAIL INSTALLMENT CONTRACT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.345.htm#345.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:13Z","sha256":"227312db44a25f6ec7a9687780716f62480f87fc0b758517985da1bbce98077e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-345.009","next":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-345.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}