Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 273.002
This is the official text of Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 273.002, part of Texas’s Business & Commerce Code — governs commercial transactions and general business practices.
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§ 273.002. NOTICE OF APPLICABLE LAW OR FORUM.
Official statutory text
If a contract contains a provision making the contract or any conflict arising under the contract subject to another state's laws, litigation in the courts of another state, or arbitration in another state, that provision must be set out conspicuously in print, type, or other form of writing that is boldfaced, capitalized, underlined, or otherwise set out in such a manner that a reasonable person against whom the provision may operate would notice the provision.
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