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Tex. Prop. Code § 141.017

EXEMPTION OF THIRD PERSON FROM LIABILITY

Known as the Texas Uniform Transfers to Minors Act

The act spans §§ 141–141 (25 sections).

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1043, Sec. 1, eff

A third person, in good faith and without court order, may act on the instructions of or otherwise deal with any person purporting to make a transfer or act in the capacity of a custodian and, in the absence of knowledge, is not responsible for determining the:

(1) validity of the purported custodian's designation;

(2) propriety of, or the authority under this chapter for, any act of the purported custodian;

(3) validity or propriety under this chapter of any instrument or instructions executed or given by the person purporting to make a transfer or by the purported custodian; or

(4) propriety of the application of the minor's property delivered to the purported custodian.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.