Texas Finance Code
§ 34.305 — DEPOSIT ACCOUNT OF MINOR
FI § 34.305Title 3. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES · Part A. BANKS · Ch. 34. INVESTMENTS, LOANS, AND DEPOSITS · Art. D. DEPOSITS
Statute text
View on source(a)Except as otherwise provided by this section, a bank lawfully doing business in this state may enter into a deposit account with a minor as the sole and absolute owner of the account and may pay checks and withdrawals and otherwise act with respect to the account on the order of the minor. A payment or delivery of rights to a minor who holds a deposit account evidenced by an acquittance signed by the minor discharges the bank to the extent of the payment made or rights delivered.
(b)The disabilities of minority of a minor who is the sole and absolute owner of the deposit account are removed for the limited purpose of enabling:
(1)the minor to enter into a depository contract with the bank; and
(2)the bank to enforce the contract against the minor, including collection of an overdraft or account fee and submission of account history to an account reporting agency or credit reporting bureau.
(c)A parent or legal guardian of a minor may deny the minor's authority to control, transfer, draft on, or make a withdrawal from the minor's deposit account by notifying the bank in writing. On receipt of the notice by the bank, the minor may not control, transfer, draft on, or make a withdrawal from the account during minority except with the joinder of a parent or legal guardian of the minor.
(d)If a minor with a deposit account dies, the acquittance of the minor's parent or legal guardian discharges the liability of the bank to the extent of the acquittance, except that the aggregate discharges under this subsection may not exceed $3,000.
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Legislative history
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.