Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 509.101
This is the official text of Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 509.101, part of Texas’s Business & Commerce Code — governs commercial transactions and general business practices.
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§ 509.101. VERIFICATION OF PARENT OR GUARDIAN.
Official statutory text
(a) A digital service provider shall verify, using a commercially reasonable method and for each person seeking to perform an action on a digital service as a minor's parent or guardian:
(1) the person's identity; and
(2) the relationship of the person to the known minor.
(b) A digital service provider shall provide a process by which a person who has been verified under Subsection (a) as the parent or guardian of a known minor may participate in the digital service as the known minor's verified parent as provided by this chapter.
(1) the person's identity; and
(2) the relationship of the person to the known minor.
(b) A digital service provider shall provide a process by which a person who has been verified under Subsection (a) as the parent or guardian of a known minor may participate in the digital service as the known minor's verified parent as provided by this chapter.
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