Gyms in Texas City

The Texas Health Spa Act covers most membership gyms. Beyond the closure extension, it gives you until midnight of the third business day after the contract date to cancel for a full refund, with a written notice and proof of payment sent by certified mail to the gym's home office. Contracts can't run longer than three years, and financed contracts can't require payments for more than five years.

If the gym closes without offering a facility within 10 miles, moves more than 10 miles, or stops providing advertised services, you can cancel for a partial refund. A member who dies or becomes totally and permanently disabled, or their estate, can cancel and recover unearned payments. The contract must spell out the 3-day right and the closure rights in conspicuous 10-point type.

A covered gym can't sell memberships without a health spa certificate of registration from the Texas Secretary of State for each location. Registration costs $100 a year, the certificate must be posted where members can see it, and your contract must include the registration number. A contract is void if the gym wasn't registered when you signed.

The Secretary of State's online search, and a PDF list updated every Wednesday, show whether a gym is registered and has posted security. Unless exempt, each location posts $20,000 to $50,000 as a bond or CD to protect members if it closes. Gyms with no contracts or prepayment over 31 days, financing, bank drafts or initiation fees can be exempt. No gym may advertise itself as "bonded by the state".

Texas City gyms the Health Spa Act doesn't cover

Tax-exempt nonprofits, member-owned private clubs, studios that teach only dance or aerobics, and rehab providers fall outside the Act, so ask how a Texas City studio handles cancellations if it isn't registered.

Texas City gyms set their own rates. Forbes Health, citing Statista, put the average US membership at $28.58 a month in 2021, with prices from about $10 to $300. Fixr puts basic gyms at $15 to $40 a month and gyms with more advanced equipment at $50 to $100 (national, January 2025). Our Texas gym guide covers the rest of the Act.

For a dispute over a Texas City gym's sales or billing practices, call the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division at (800) 621-0508; the Secretary of State handles registration only. Our Texas City hub covers other city services, and gyms in League City are close by.