Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 20.27
This is the official text of Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 20.27, part of Texas’s Business & Commerce Code — governs commercial transactions and general business practices.
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§ 20.27. PERIOD OF SECURITY FREEZE.
Official statutory text
A security freeze on a protected consumer's consumer file or record remains in effect until:
(1) the protected consumer or the protected consumer's representative requests that the consumer reporting agency remove the security freeze in accordance with Section 20.28; or
(2) a consumer reporting agency removes the security freeze under Section 20.30.
(1) the protected consumer or the protected consumer's representative requests that the consumer reporting agency remove the security freeze in accordance with Section 20.28; or
(2) a consumer reporting agency removes the security freeze under Section 20.30.
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