Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 72.002
This is the official text of Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 72.002, part of Texas’s Business & Commerce Code — governs commercial transactions and general business practices.
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§ 72.002. DESTRUCTION OF CERTAIN BUSINESS RECORDS.
Official statutory text
(a) A business record required to be retained by a law of this state may be destroyed at any time after the third anniversary of the date the business record was created.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply if a law or rule applicable to the business record prescribes a different retention period or procedure for disposal.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply if a law or rule applicable to the business record prescribes a different retention period or procedure for disposal.
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