Texas Business & Commerce Code

§ 608.002 — TRANSFER OF MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY

BC § 608.002Title 12. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF CONSUMERS AND MERCHANTS · Ch. 608. MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTIES ON AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS

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(a)If residential real property that includes an air conditioning system as a fixture to the property is conveyed to a new owner, a manufacturer's warranty in effect on that system or a component of that system on the date of the conveyance:

(1)is automatically transferred to the new owner; and

(2)continues in effect as if the new owner was the original purchaser of the system or component, as applicable.

(b)A warrantor continues to be obligated under the terms of a manufacturer's warranty agreement for a warranty transferred under this section and may not charge a fee for the transfer of the warranty.

(c)The transfer of a manufacturer's warranty under this section does not extend the original term of the warranty agreement.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 815 (H.B. 2110), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.