{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1304.161","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 1304.161","heading":"PROHIBITED ACTS.","body":"(a) A provider, administrator, seller, or other representative of the provider may not, in the provider's service contracts or literature or in any written communication:\n(1) make, permit, or cause to be made any false, deceptive, or misleading statement; or\n(2) deliberately omit a material statement if the omission would be considered misleading.\n(b) A person, including a bank, a savings and loan association, a lending institution, or the manufacturer or seller of a product, may not require the purchase of a service contract as a condition of a loan or the sale of property.\n(c) A provider, administrator, seller, or other representative of the provider may not make a telemarketing call to a consumer as provided by Sections 304.002 and 304.003, Business \u0026 Commerce Code, unless the provider, administrator, seller, or representative has an established business relationship, as defined by Section 304.002, Business \u0026 Commerce Code, with the consumer.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1081 (S.B. 1169), Sec. 1.17, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 8. REGULATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND INDUSTRIAL TRADES","CHAPTER 1304. SERVICE CONTRACT PROVIDERS AND ADMINISTRATORS","SUBCHAPTER D. PRACTICE BY SERVICE CONTRACT PROVIDERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND SELLERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1304.htm#1304.161","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"5a3046b94d8fd957aa626f5f6351508e6810cc0914e0f6269609232fbd9b02c9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1304.160","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1304.201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}