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Texas Business and Commerce Code - BUS & COM § 721.002. Certain Uses of Name or Picture of Member of Armed Forces Prohibited

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) A person commits an offense if the person uses, in an advertisement for a commercial purpose, the name of an individual who is an active duty or former member of the United States armed forces, who is a member or former member of a reserve component of the United States armed forces, or who is a member or former member of the state military forces, as defined by Section 437.001, Government Code, or a picture of the individual in uniform in which the individual is clearly identifiable, without obtaining the consent of:

(1) the individual, if the individual is living; or

(2) the individual's surviving spouse or personal representative or a majority of the individual's adult heirs, if the individual is deceased.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

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