Section 7.106 - Control of Electronic Document of Title(a) A person has control of an electronic document of title if a system employed for evidencing the transfer of interests in the electronic document reliably establishes that person as the person to which the electronic document was issued or transferred.(b) A system satisfies Subsection (a), and a person is deemed to have control of an electronic document of title, if the document is created, stored, and assigned in such a manner that:(1) a single authoritative copy of the document exists which is unique, identifiable, and, except as otherwise provided in Subdivisions (4), (5), and (6), unalterable;(2) the authoritative copy identifies the person asserting control as:(A) the person to which the document was issued; or(B) if the authoritative copy indicates that the document has been transferred, the person to which the document was most recently transferred;(3) the authoritative copy is communicated to and maintained by the person asserting control or its designated custodian;(4) copies or amendments that add or change an identified assignee of the authoritative copy can be made only with the consent of the person asserting control;(5) each copy of the authoritative copy and any copy of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy that is not the authoritative copy; and(6) any amendment of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as authorized or unauthorized.Tex. Bus. and Comm. Code § 7.106
Amended By Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 122, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2005.