Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 17.042 - Acts Constituting Business in This State In addition to other acts that may constitute doing business, a nonresident does business in this state if the nonresident:
(1) contracts by mail or otherwise with a Texas resident and either party is to perform the contract in whole or in part in this state;(2) commits a tort in whole or in part in this state; or(3) recruits Texas residents, directly or through an intermediary located in this state, for employment inside or outside this state.Tex. Civ. Prac. and Rem. Code § 17.042
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1985.