{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-345.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Finance Code § 345.053","heading":"DISCLOSURE OF PROMISE TO COMPENSATE FOR REFERRAL.","body":"(a) A written or oral promise of a retail seller to compensate a retail buyer for referring customers or prospective customers to the seller or for referring the seller to customers or prospective customers must be disclosed in a retail installment contract if the promise is:\n(1) part of the contract;\n(2) made to induce the buyer to become a party to the contract; or\n(3) made incidental to negotiations between the seller and the buyer with respect to the sale of the goods or services that are the subject of the contract.\n(b) A contract that contains a provision required by Subsection (a) must provide that the amount owed under the contract at any time is reduced by the amount of compensation owed under the promise.\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#345.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:13Z","sha256":"c9001b8d24bc17e70560d44b438b30e21310b28e1b9e816687161aed52c58a54","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-345.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-345.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}