Tex. Finance Code § 348.412
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 348.412, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 348.412. BUYER'S WAIVER.
Official statutory text
(a) A retail installment contract may not:
(1) provide for a waiver of the retail buyer's rights of action against the holder or a person acting on the holder's behalf for an illegal act committed in:
(A) the collection of payments under the contract; or
(B) the repossession of the motor vehicle; or
(2) provide that the retail buyer agrees not to assert against the holder a claim or defense arising out of the sale.
(b) An act or agreement of the retail buyer before or at the time of the making of a retail installment contract or a purchase under the contract does not waive any provision of this chapter.
(1) provide for a waiver of the retail buyer's rights of action against the holder or a person acting on the holder's behalf for an illegal act committed in:
(A) the collection of payments under the contract; or
(B) the repossession of the motor vehicle; or
(2) provide that the retail buyer agrees not to assert against the holder a claim or defense arising out of the sale.
(b) An act or agreement of the retail buyer before or at the time of the making of a retail installment contract or a purchase under the contract does not waive any provision of this chapter.
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