Tex. Finance Code § 348.411
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 348.411, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 348.411. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ACTS OF REPOSSESSION.
Official statutory text
A retail installment contract may not:
(1) authorize the holder or a person acting on the holder's behalf to:
(A) enter the retail buyer's premises in violation of Chapter 9, Business & Commerce Code; or
(B) commit a breach of the peace in the repossession of the motor vehicle; or
(2) contain, or provide for the execution of, a power of attorney by the retail buyer appointing, as the buyer's agent in the repossession of the vehicle, the holder or a person acting on the holder's behalf.
(1) authorize the holder or a person acting on the holder's behalf to:
(A) enter the retail buyer's premises in violation of Chapter 9, Business & Commerce Code; or
(B) commit a breach of the peace in the repossession of the motor vehicle; or
(2) contain, or provide for the execution of, a power of attorney by the retail buyer appointing, as the buyer's agent in the repossession of the vehicle, the holder or a person acting on the holder's behalf.
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