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Texas Finance Code § 348.109

Acceleration of Debt Maturity

Motor Vehicle Installment Sales · Retail Installment Contract

A retail installment contract may not authorize the holder to accelerate the maturity of all or a part of the amount owed under the contract unless:

(1) the retail buyer is in default in the performance of any of the buyer's obligations; or

(2) the holder believes in good faith that the prospect of buyer's payment or performance is impaired.

Official text of the Texas Finance Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 238 (S.B. 1965), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2009.

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 117 (H.B. 2559), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2011.