{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-623.0155","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 623.0155","heading":"INDEMNIFICATION FROM MOTOR CARRIER PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) A person may not require indemnification from a motor carrier as a condition to:\n(1) the transportation of property for compensation or hire by the carrier;\n(2) entrance on property by the carrier for the purpose of loading, unloading, or transporting property for compensation or hire; or\n(3) a service incidental to an activity described by Subdivision (1) or (2), including storage of property.\n(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to:\n(1) a claim arising from damage or loss from a wrongful or negligent act or omission of the carrier; or\n(2) services or goods other than those described by Subsection (a).\n(c) In this section, \"motor carrier\" means a common carrier, specialized carrier, or contract carrier that transports property for hire. The term does not include a person who transports property as an incidental activity of a nontransportation business activity regardless of whether the person imposes a separate charge for the transportation.\n(d) A provision that is contrary to Subsection (a) is not enforceable.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.139(a); Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1061, Sec. 19.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE E. VEHICLE SIZE AND WEIGHT","CHAPTER 623. PERMITS FOR OVERSIZE OR OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES","SUBCHAPTER B. GENERAL PERMITS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.623.htm#623.0155","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"769b39fa23e7e2d10dfacf3d0aa0da03632ea0aa2ddf504184a3beada791c705","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-623.015","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-623.016"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}