{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-393.221","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Finance Code § 393.221","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Credit access business\" means a credit services organization that obtains for a consumer or assists a consumer in obtaining an extension of consumer credit in the form of a deferred presentment transaction or a motor vehicle title loan.\n(2) \"Deferred presentment transaction\" has the meaning assigned by Section 341.001. For purposes of this chapter, this definition does not preclude repayment in more than one installment. The term is also referred to as a payday loan.\n(3) \"Motor vehicle title loan\" or \"auto title loan\" means a loan in which an unencumbered motor vehicle is given as security for the loan. The term does not include a retail installment transaction under Chapter 348 or another loan made to finance the purchase of a motor vehicle.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1301 (H.B. 2592), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2012.","path":["FINANCE CODE","TITLE 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMERS OF FINANCIAL SERVICES","CHAPTER 393. CREDIT SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS","SUBCHAPTER C-1. NOTICE AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN CREDIT SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.393.htm#393.221","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:13Z","sha256":"12e150b0fd454518e1b53ca6114bfd1fbae5ac545e84597d331f5d7961cc7f75","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-393.204","next":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-393.222"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}