Terms of Service

By accessing or using the Service you confirm that you can form a binding contract, that you are at least 18 years old, and that you accept these Terms and our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated here by reference. If you use the Service on behalf of a company or other organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity, and “you” refers to that entity.

Search Texas Tax is a subscription research tool that organizes and presents Texas hotel occupancy tax and mixed-beverage tax records — public data published by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts — together with search, reporting, mapping, and export features. We may add, change, or remove features at any time, and we may update the underlying data as new filings are published.

You need an account to use most of the Service. You agree to:

• Provide accurate, current information and keep it up to date.
• Keep your password confidential and restrict access to your devices. You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account.
• Notify us promptly at compliance@searchtexastax.com if you suspect unauthorized use of your account.
• Use a single account for a single user. You may not share, sell, or transfer your account or login credentials to anyone else.

We are not responsible for losses arising from unauthorized use of your account resulting from your failure to keep your credentials secure. We may refuse service, suspend, or terminate accounts at our reasonable discretion as described in Termination.

• Plans & fees. The Service is offered on recurring monthly or annual subscriptions at the prices shown at checkout. Fees are stated in U.S. dollars and exclude any taxes, which you are responsible for.
• Payment. Payments are processed by Stripe. By subscribing, you authorize us and Stripe to charge your payment method for the then-current fee, including on each renewal.
• Recurring billing authorization. You expressly authorize us and Stripe to securely store your payment method and to automatically charge it the then-current subscription fee on each renewal date for as long as your subscription remains active. This authorization continues until you cancel your subscription or remove your payment method, and applies whether you subscribe monthly or annually.
• Auto-renewal. Subscriptions automatically renew at the end of each billing period at the then-current rate for your plan, unless you turn off auto-renewal or cancel before the renewal date.
• Managing your plan. You can turn auto-renewal on or off, update your payment method, and view invoices any time from your account settings. If you turn auto-renewal off, you keep access until the end of your current paid period.
• Price changes. We may change subscription prices. Any change applies to your next renewal, and we’ll give you advance notice by email. Continuing to use the Service after a price change takes effect means you accept the new price.
• Failed payments. If a renewal payment fails, we may suspend access until payment is resolved and may ultimately cancel the subscription.
• Statement descriptor. Charges from us appear on your card or bank statement as “SEARCHTEXASTAX” or a similar descriptor that includes our name. If you don’t recognize a charge, please check this descriptor and contact us before disputing it with your bank.
• Receipts & renewal reminders. We email you a receipt for each payment. For annual plans, we also email you a reminder before your subscription renews, stating the renewal date and amount and how to cancel. It is your responsibility to keep a valid email address on file so you receive these notices.

Except where required by law, subscription fees are non-refundable, and partial billing periods are not prorated. Turning off auto-renewal stops future charges but does not refund the current period; you keep access until it ends. We may, at our sole discretion, grant a refund or credit in individual cases — doing so once does not obligate us to do so again.

Immediate access. Because the Service gives you immediate access to digital research tools and data on subscribing, you agree that we begin performance right away and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, you waive any statutory cooling-off or cancellation period that would otherwise apply. You acknowledged this and our no-refund policy when you affirmatively accepted these Terms at sign-up.

Contact us first. If you have any question about a charge, or believe you were charged in error, please contact us at compliance@searchtexastax.com before disputing the charge with your bank. We’ll review and respond promptly, and most billing questions are resolved quickly.

You acknowledge that the recurring charges described in Section 4 are authorized by you and are valid when made in accordance with these Terms. Initiating a chargeback or payment dispute with your card issuer for a charge that was properly authorized under these Terms, without first contacting us to resolve it, is a breach of these Terms.

If you initiate such a dispute, you agree that we may present these Terms, the record of your acceptance of them, your subscription and payment history, and our logs of your access to and use of the Service to your card issuer and the card networks as evidence that the charge was authorized and the Service was provided. We may also suspend or terminate your account and, to the extent permitted by law, recover the disputed amount, any fees the card networks charge us in connection with the dispute, and our reasonable costs of collection.

Nothing in this section limits any right you may have under applicable law or your card issuer’s rules to dispute a charge — this section simply asks that you give us the opportunity to make it right first.

You agree that you will not, and will not allow anyone else to:

• Scrape, crawl, spider, harvest, or use any automated means to access, copy, or extract data from the Service, except through export features we expressly provide.
• Resell, sublicense, redistribute, republish, or commercially exploit the Service or any substantial portion of its data, or use it to build or train a competing product, service, or dataset.
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to derive the source code of the Service, or circumvent any access controls, rate limits, or security measures.
• Overburden, disrupt, or impair the Service or its infrastructure, or interfere with anyone else’s use of it.
• Use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in violation of these Terms or any applicable law or regulation.

Data you export is licensed for your own internal business or personal use only and may not be resold or redistributed. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate this section.

The Service is our interpretation of public data, not the official record. The figures, metrics, rankings, groupings, and insights we present are derived by us — by collecting, normalizing, matching, aggregating, and computing on public records published by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. They are not official figures, and our processing can introduce errors: records may be misread, misattributed, merged, split, or calculated in ways that do not reflect the underlying filings.

Accordingly, the data may be wrong, incomplete, or out of date, and we do not warrant its accuracy, completeness, or timeliness. The only authoritative source is the Texas Comptroller, and you should independently verify any figure against that source before relying on it.

The Service is provided for general informational and research purposes only and does not constitute legal, tax, accounting, financial, or investment advice. You should not make any financial, investment, lending, purchasing, valuation, or other business decision based on the information obtained through the Service. You are solely responsible for independently verifying any information before relying on it, and you should consult a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any decision you make, or action you take, in reliance on the Service or its data.

The Service — including its software, design, text, graphics, logos, and the selection, arrangement, normalization, and compilation of the underlying data — is owned by Search Texas Tax or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. The underlying public records themselves are published by the Texas Comptroller and are not claimed as our property.

We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Service for your own internal business or personal purposes, in accordance with these Terms. You acquire no ownership rights in the Service, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved. You agree not to remove or alter any proprietary notices.

The Service relies on third-party providers — including Stripe (payments), Supabase (database & authentication), Vercel (hosting), Google (analytics and maps), and Cloudflare (bot protection) — and your use of those features may be subject to their terms. The Service may also link to third-party websites we don’t control. We are not responsible for the content, products, or practices of any third-party site or service, and including a link does not imply our endorsement.

Your use of the Service is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, share, and protect your information. Please review it.

By using the Service or sending us email, you consent to receive communications from us electronically — including account, billing, security, and service notices — and you agree that all agreements, notices, and disclosures we provide electronically satisfy any legal requirement that they be in writing. You can opt out of non-essential marketing email at any time, but we’ll still send transactional messages necessary to operate your account.

You may stop using the Service and cancel your subscription at any time from your account settings. We may suspend or terminate your access — with or without notice — if you violate these Terms, if your payment fails, or where reasonably necessary to protect the Service or other users. On termination, your right to use the Service ends immediately. Provisions that by their nature should survive — including intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and dispute resolution — survive termination.

THE SERVICE AND ALL INFORMATION, DATA, AND CONTENT IT PROVIDES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE OR THAT DATA WILL BE ACCURATE OR COMPLETE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN WARRANTY EXCLUSIONS, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SEARCH TEXAS TAX AND ITS SUPPLIERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF (OR INABILITY TO USE) THE SERVICE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER THEORY, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100). SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN LIABILITY LIMITATIONS, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED IS TO STOP USING THE SERVICE.

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Search Texas Tax and its officers, directors, employees, agents, and suppliers from and against any claims, losses, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your use of the Service, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any law or any rights of a third party. We may assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, at our own expense, and you agree to cooperate with us.

Please read this section carefully — it affects your legal rights. Except for the opt-out below, you and Search Texas Tax agree to resolve any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service through final and binding individual arbitration, rather than in court, under the Federal Arbitration Act.

• Arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association (or a comparable service the parties agree on) before a single neutral arbitrator, and judgment on the award may be entered in any court with jurisdiction.
• Class-action waiver. Disputes will be conducted only on an individual basis. You and we waive any right to bring or participate in a class, collective, consolidated, or representative action. The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims.
• 30-day opt-out. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by emailing compliance@searchtexastax.com within 30 days of first accepting these Terms, with your name, account email, and a clear statement that you opt out of arbitration. Opting out does not affect any other part of these Terms.

The prevailing party in any arbitration or permitted court proceeding is entitled to recover its reasonable costs and attorneys’ fees. This section survives termination of these Terms.

• Governing law. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Subject to the arbitration section, you consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in Texas.
• Entire agreement. These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service and supersede any prior agreements.
• Severability. If any provision is found unenforceable, it will be modified to the minimum extent necessary, and the rest of the Terms remain in effect.
• No waiver. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of our right to do so later.
• Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
• No agency. No joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship is created by these Terms.
• Language. These Terms are written in English, and the English version controls.

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we’ll revise the “Last updated” date above, and for material changes we’ll provide more prominent notice (such as an email or an in-Service notice). The most current version always governs. Your continued use of the Service after an update takes effect means you accept the revised Terms.

Questions or comments about these Terms? Contact us: