# Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 306.001: DEFINITIONS

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cbc_C306_S306.001

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 306.001
- **Heading:** DEFINITIONS
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 306 / Section 306.001

## Text

In this chapter:

(1) "Caller identification record" means a record that:

(A) is delivered electronically to the recipient of a telephone call simultaneously with the reception of the call; and

(B) indicates the telephone number from which the telephone call was made or other similar information regarding the call.

(2) "Telephone company" means a provider of commercial telephone services, or a provider that bills for those services, regardless of the technology used to provide that service, including landline, radio, wireless, microwave, satellite, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), or other cable, broadband, or digital technology.

(3) "Telephone record" means a written, electronic, or oral record, other than a caller identification record collected and retained by or on behalf of a customer, created by a telephone company about a customer, that includes:

(A) the telephone number:

(i) dialed by a customer; or

(ii) of an incoming call made to a customer;

(B) the time a call was made to or by a customer;

(C) the duration of a call made to or by a customer; or

(D) the location from which a call was initiated or at which a call was received by a customer.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 306.001 § 306.001. DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cbc_C306_S306.001.md)
- [Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 306.002 § 306.002. NONAPPLICABILITY TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cbc_C306_S306.002.md)
- [Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 306.003 § 306.003. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cbc_C306_S306.003.md)
- [Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 306.004 § 306.004. CONSISTENCY WITH FEDERAL LAW.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cbc_C306_S306.004.md)
- [Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 306.051 § 306.051. UNAUTHORIZED OR FRAUDULENT PROCUREMENT, SALE, OR RECEIPT OF TELEPHONE RECORDS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cbc_C306_S306.051.md)
- [Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 306.052 § 306.052. EXCEPTIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cbc_C306_S306.052.md)
- [Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 306.053 § 306.053. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICE; ENFORCEMENT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cbc_C306_S306.053.md)

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