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Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 2.03 (2026)

Exclusivity Of Statutory Remedy

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Sec. 2.03. EXCLUSIVITY OF STATUTORY REMEDY. (a) The liability of providers under this chapter for the actions of their employees, customers, members, or guests who are or become intoxicated is in lieu of common law or other statutory law warranties and duties of providers of alcoholic beverages.

(b) This chapter does not impose obligations on a provider of alcoholic beverages other than those expressly stated in this chapter.

(c) This chapter provides the exclusive cause of action for providing an alcoholic beverage to a person 18 years of age or older.

Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 303, Sec. 3, eff. June 11, 1987. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 456, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 42 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1990–2025 · leading case: F.F.P. Operating Partners, L.P. v. Duenez, 237 S.W.3d 680 (Tex. 2007).
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F.F.P. Operating Partners, L.P. v. Duenez, 237 S.W.3d 680 (Tex. 2007). · cites it 30× “1987); see also TEX. ALCO. BEV.CODE § 2.03. [2] In the Dram Shop Act, the Legislature created a duty, not recognized at common law, on alcohol providers and increased the potential liability of providers as a means of deterring providers from serving obviously intoxicated…”
Reeder v. Daniel, 61 S.W.3d 359 (Tex. 2001). · cites it 4× “" Tex. Alco. Bev.Code § 2.03. If the Legislature wanted to foreclose a cause of action for providing alcohol to persons under eighteen, it could have easily written the law so that it would provide the exclusive remedy for providing alcohol to anyone, regardless of age.”
Smith v. Merritt, 940 S.W.2d 602 (Tex. 1997). · cites it 5× “" TEX. ALCO. BEV.CODE § 2.03 (emphasis added).”
Smith v. Sewell, 858 S.W.2d 350 (Tex. 1993). · cites it 4× “TEX.ALCO.BEV.CODE § 2.03; Boyd v. Fuel Distributors, Inc.”
20801, INC. v. Parker, 249 S.W.3d 392 (Tex. 2008). “See Tex. Alco. Bev.Code §§ 2.03(a), 106.14(a).”
Graff v. Beard, 858 S.W.2d 918 (Tex. 1993). · cites it 2× “TEX. ALCO.BEV.CODE § 2.03 (Supp.1993). The statutory duty established by the legislature also placed a less onerous burden on commercial providers and a correspondingly higher burden of proof on injured parties than the common-law duty created by the court: vendors were made…”
D. Houston, Inc. v. Love, 92 S.W.3d 450 (Tex. 2002). “Therefore, the Dram Shop Act, which “provides the exclusive cause of action for providing an alcoholic beverage to a person 18 years of age or older,” Tex. Alco. Bev.Code Ann. § 2.03 (Vernon 1995)(em-phasis added), does not bar Love’s common law claims as an independent…”
Steak & Ale of Texas, Inc. v. Borneman, 62 S.W.3d 898 (Tex. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “Tex. Alco. Bev.Code Ann. § 2.03 (emphasis added); see also Smith, 940 S.”
Triplex Commc'ns, Inc. v. Riley, 900 S.W.2d 716 (Tex. 1995). “See Tex.Alco.Bev.Code § 2.03; Smith v. Sewell, 858 S.”
Donnell v. Spring Sports, Inc., 920 S.W.2d 378 (Tex. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “TEX.ALCO.BEV.CODE ANN. § 2.03 (Vernon 1995); Graff v.”
Moreno v. Brittany Square Assocs., L.P., 899 S.W.2d 261 (Tex. App. 1995). · cites it 3× “1995) and TexAlco.Bev.Code Ann. § 2.03 (Vernon Supp.”
Rocha v. Faltys, 69 S.W.3d 315 (Tex. App. 2002). “2d at 921-22 (holding that a social host serving alcohol to adult guests does not give rise to a duty); Tex. Alco. Bev.Code Ann. § 2.03 (West 1995) (stating that chapter two of the Alcoholic Beverage Code provides “the exclusive cause of action for providing an alcoholic…”
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— Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 2.03(a) — 7 cases
F.F.P. Operating Partners, L.P. v. Duenez, 237 S.W.3d 680 (Tex. 2007). “1987); see also TEX. ALCO. BEV.CODE § 2.03. [2] In the Dram Shop Act, the Legislature created a duty, not recognized at common law, on alcohol providers and increased the potential liability of providers as a means of deterring providers from serving obviously intoxicated…”
20801, INC. v. Parker, 249 S.W.3d 392 (Tex. 2008). “See Tex. Alco. Bev.Code §§ 2.03(a), 106.14(a).”
Parker v. 20801, INC., 194 S.W.3d 556 (Tex. App. 2006).
P.F. & Wife, J.F., as Next Friends of Their Daughter I.F. v. S.S., S.S, & S.S. (Tex. App. 2016).
Yakelyn Rubio Galindo, Travis Young, Saul Perea, Richard Acebo, Emily Ford, David Hashemi Seddighzadeh, Angela Benton, Alyssa Moebus v. Norman Garner, Individually, & as Representatives of the Est. of Amy Garner, Dec'd & as Next Friend of Sophia Garner, Felicia Garner (Tex. App. 2019).
— Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 2.03(c) — 2 cases
Parker v. 20801, INC., 194 S.W.3d 556 (Tex. App. 2006).
P.F. & Wife, J.F., as Next Friends of Their Daughter I.F. v. S.S., S.S, & S.S. (Tex. App. 2016).
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