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TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 16.0045 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 2 - Trial, Judgment, and Appeal|Subtitle B - Trial Matters|Chapter 16 - Limitations|Subchapter A. Limitations of Personal Actions|Section 16.0045. Limitations Period for Claims Arising From Certain Offenses

Sec. 16.0045.  LIMITATIONS PERIOD FOR CLAIMS ARISING FROM CERTAIN OFFENSES.  (a)  A person must bring suit for personal injury not later than 30 years after the day the cause of action accrues if the injury arises as a result of conduct that violates:(1)  Section 22.011(a)(2), Penal Code (sexual assault of a child);(2)  Section 22.021(a)(1)(B), Penal Code (aggravated sexual assault of a child);(3)  Section 21.02, Penal Code (continuous sexual abuse of young child or disabled individual);(4)  Section 20A.02(a)(7)(A), (B), (C), (D), or (H) or Section 20A.02(a)(8), Penal Code, involving an activity described by Section 20A.02(a)(7)(A), (B), (C), (D), or (H) or sexual conduct with a child trafficked in the manner described by Section 20A.02(a)(7), Penal Code (certain sexual trafficking of a child);(5)  Section 43.05(a)(2), Penal Code (compelling prostitution by a child); or(6)  Section 21.11, Penal Code (indecency with a child).(b)  A person must bring suit for personal injury not later than five years after the day the cause of action accrues if the injury arises as a result of conduct that violates:(1)  Section 22.011(a)(1), Penal Code (sexual assault);(2)  Section 22.021(a)(1)(A), Penal Code (aggravated sexual assault);(3)  Section 20A.02, Penal Code (trafficking of persons), other than conduct described by Subsection (a)(4); or(4)  Section 43.05(a)(1), Penal Code (compelling prostitution).(c)  In an action for injury resulting in death arising as a result of conduct described by Subsection (a) or (b), the cause of action accrues on the death of the injured person.(d)  A limitations period under this section is tolled for a suit on the filing of a petition by any person in an appropriate court alleging that the identity of the defendant in the suit is unknown and designating the unknown defendant as "John or Jane Doe."  The person filing the petition shall proceed with due diligence to discover the identity of the defendant and amend the petition by substituting the real name of the defendant for "John or Jane Doe" not later than the 30th day after the date that the defendant is identified to the plaintiff.  The limitations period begins running again on the date that the petition is amended.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 739, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 593 (H.B. 8), Sec. 3.01, eff. September 1, 2007.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 24), Sec. 3.01, eff. September 1, 2011.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 918 (H.B. 189), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1306 (H.B. 3809), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 221 (H.B. 375), Sec. 2.01, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 16.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 2 - Trial, Judgment, and Appeal|Subtitle B - Trial Matters|Chapter 16 - Limitations|Subchapter A. Limitations of Personal Actions|Section 16.005. Action for Closing Street or Road

Sec. 16.005.  ACTION FOR CLOSING STREET OR ROAD.  (a)  A person must bring suit for any relief from the following acts not later than two years after the day the cause of action accrues:(1)  the passage by a governing body of an incorporated city or town of an ordinance closing and abandoning, or attempting to close and abandon, all or any part of a public street or alley in the city or town, other than a state highway;  or(2)  the adoption by a commissioners court of an order closing and abandoning, or attempting to close and abandon, all or any part of a public road or thoroughfare in the county, other than a state highway.(b)  The cause of action accrues when the order or ordinance is passed or adopted.(c)  If suit is not brought within the period provided by this section, the person in possession of the real property receives complete title to the property by limitations and the right of the city or county to revoke or rescind the order or ordinance is barred.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 16.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 2 - Trial, Judgment, and Appeal|Subtitle B - Trial Matters|Chapter 16 - Limitations|Subchapter A. Limitations of Personal Actions|Section 16.006. Carriers of Property

Sec. 16.006.  CARRIERS OF PROPERTY.  (a)  A carrier of property for compensation or hire must bring suit for the recovery of charges not later than three years after the day on which the cause of action accrues.(b)  Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), a person must bring suit for overcharges against a carrier of property for compensation or hire not later than three years after the cause of action accrues.(c)  If the person has presented a written claim for the overcharges within the three-year period, the limitations period is extended for six months from the date written notice is given by the carrier to the claimant of disallowance of the claim in whole or in part, as specified in the carrier's notice.(d)  If on or before the expiration of the three-year period, the carrier brings an action under Subsection (a) to recover charges relating to the service or, without beginning an action, collects charges relating to that service, the limitations period is extended for 90 days from the day on which the action is begun or the charges are collected.(e)  A cause of action regarding a shipment of property accrues on the delivery or tender of the property by the carrier.(f)  In this section, "overcharge" means a charge for transportation services in excess of the lawfully applicable amount.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 16.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 2 - Trial, Judgment, and Appeal|Subtitle B - Trial Matters|Chapter 16 - Limitations|Subchapter A. Limitations of Personal Actions|Section 16.007. Return of Execution

Sec. 16.007.  RETURN OF EXECUTION.  A person must bring suit against a sheriff or other officer or the surety of the sheriff or officer for failure to return an execution issued in the person's favor, not later than five years after the date on which the execution was returnable.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 16.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 2 - Trial, Judgment, and Appeal|Subtitle B - Trial Matters|Chapter 16 - Limitations|Subchapter A. Limitations of Personal Actions|Section 16.008. Architects, Engineers, Interior Designers, and Landscape Architects Furnishing Design, Planning, or Inspection of Construction of Improvements

Sec. 16.008.  ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, INTERIOR DESIGNERS, AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS FURNISHING DESIGN, PLANNING, OR INSPECTION OF CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), a person must bring suit for damages for a claim listed in Subsection (b) against a registered or licensed architect, engineer, interior designer, or landscape architect in this state, who designs, plans, or inspects the construction of an improvement to real property or equipment attached to real property, not later than 10 years after the substantial completion of the improvement or the beginning of operation of the equipment in an action arising out of a defective or unsafe condition of the real property, the improvement, or the equipment.(a-1)  A governmental entity must bring suit for damages for a claim listed in Subsection (b) against a registered or licensed architect, engineer, interior designer, or landscape architect in this state, who designs, plans, or inspects the construction of an improvement to real property or equipment attached to real property, not later than eight years after the substantial completion of the improvement or the beginning of operation of the equipment in an action arising out of a defective or unsafe condition of the real property, the improvement, or the equipment.  This subsection does not apply to a claim arising out of:(1)  a contract entered into by the Texas Department of Transportation;(2)  a project that receives money from the state highway fund or a federal fund designated for highway and mass transit spending; or(3)  a civil works project, as that term is defined under Section 2269.351, Government Code.(b)  This section applies to suit for:(1)  injury, damage, or loss to real or personal property;(2)  personal injury;(3)  wrongful death;(4)  contribution;  or(5)  indemnity.(c)  If the claimant presents a written claim for damages, contribution, or indemnity to the architect, engineer, interior designer, or landscape architect within the applicable limitations period, the period is extended for:(1)  two years from the date the claim is presented, for a claim to which Subsection (a) applies; or(2)  one year from the date the claim is presented, for a claim to which Subsection (a-1) applies.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 860, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 484 (H.B. 3069), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2021.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 16.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 2 - Trial, Judgment, and Appeal|Subtitle B - Trial Matters|Chapter 16 - Limitations|Subchapter A. Limitations of Personal Actions|Section 16.009. Persons Furnishing Construction or Repair of Improvements

Sec. 16.009.  PERSONS FURNISHING CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR OF IMPROVEMENTS.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), a claimant must bring suit for damages for a claim listed in Subsection (b) against a person who constructs or repairs an improvement to real property not later than 10 years after the substantial completion of the improvement in an action arising out of a defective or unsafe condition of the real property or a deficiency in the construction or repair of the improvement.(a-1)  A governmental entity must bring suit for damages for a claim listed in Subsection (b) against a person who constructs or repairs an improvement to real property not later than eight years after the substantial completion of the improvement in an action arising out of a defective or unsafe condition of the real property or a deficiency in the construction or repair of the improvement.  This subsection does not apply to a claim arising out of:(1)  a contract entered into by the Texas Department of Transportation;(2)  a project that receives money from the state highway fund or a federal fund designated for highway and mass transit spending; or(3)  a civil works project, as that term is defined under Section 2269.351, Government Code.(b)  This section applies to suit for:(1)  injury, damage, or loss to real or personal property;(2)  personal injury;(3)  wrongful death;(4)  contribution;  or(5)  indemnity.(c)  If the claimant presents a written claim for damages, contribution, or indemnity to the person performing or furnishing the construction or repair work during the applicable limitations period, the period is extended for:(1)  two years from the date the claim is presented, for a claim to which Subsection (a) applies; or(2)  one year from the date the claim is presented, for a claim to which Subsection (a-1) applies.(d)  If the damage, injury, or death occurs during the last year of the applicable limitations period, the claimant may bring suit not later than two years after the day the cause of action accrues.(e)  This section does not bar an action:(1)  on a written warranty, guaranty, or other contract that expressly provides for a longer effective period;(2)  against a person in actual possession or control of the real property at the time that the damage, injury, or death occurs;  or(3)  based on wilful misconduct or fraudulent concealment in connection with the performance of the construction or repair.(f)  This section does not extend or affect a period prescribed for bringing an action under any other law of this state.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 484 (H.B. 3069), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2021.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 16.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 2 - Trial, Judgment, and Appeal|Subtitle B - Trial Matters|Chapter 16 - Limitations|Subchapter A. Limitations of Personal Actions|Section 16.010. Misappropriation of Trade Secrets

Sec. 16.010.  MISAPPROPRIATION OF TRADE SECRETS.  (a)  A person must bring suit for misappropriation of trade secrets not later than three years after the misappropriation is discovered or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been discovered.(b)  A misappropriation of trade secrets that continues over time is a single cause of action and the limitations period described by Subsection (a) begins running without regard to whether the misappropriation is a single or continuing act.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 26, Sec. 1, eff. May 1, 1997.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 16.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 2 - Trial, Judgment, and Appeal|Subtitle B - Trial Matters|Chapter 16 - Limitations|Subchapter A. Limitations of Personal Actions|Section 16.011. Surveyors

Sec. 16.011.  SURVEYORS.  (a)  A person must bring suit for damages arising from an injury or loss caused by an error in a survey conducted by a registered public surveyor or a licensed state land surveyor:(1)  not later than 10 years after the date the survey is completed if the survey is completed on or after September 1, 1989;  or(2)  not later than September 1, 1991, or 10 years after the date the survey was completed, whichever is later, if the survey was completed before September 1, 1989.(b)  If the claimant presents a written claim for damages to the surveyor during the 10-year limitations period, the period is extended for two years from the date the claim is presented.(c)  This section is a statute of repose and is independent of any other limitations period.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1233, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1173, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 16.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 2 - Trial, Judgment, and Appeal|Subtitle B - Trial Matters|Chapter 16 - Limitations|Subchapter A. Limitations of Personal Actions|Section 16.012. Products Liability

Sec. 16.012.  PRODUCTS LIABILITY.  (a)  In this section:(1)  "Claimant," "seller," and "manufacturer" have the meanings assigned by Section 82.001.(2)  "Products liability action" means any action against a manufacturer or seller for recovery of damages or other relief for harm allegedly caused by a defective product, whether the action is based in strict tort liability, strict products liability, negligence, misrepresentation, breach of express or implied warranty, or any other theory or combination of theories, and whether the relief sought is recovery of damages or any other legal or equitable relief, including a suit for:(A)  injury or damage to or loss of real or personal property;(B)  personal injury;(C)  wrongful death;(D)  economic loss;  or(E)  declaratory, injunctive, or other equitable relief.(b)  Except as provided by Subsections (c), (d), and (d-1), a claimant must commence a products liability action against a manufacturer or seller of a product before the end of 15 years after the date of the sale of the product by the defendant.(c)  If a manufacturer or seller expressly warrants in writing that the product has a useful safe life of longer than 15 years, a claimant must commence a products liability action against that manufacturer or seller of the product before the end of the number of years warranted after the date of the sale of the product by that seller.(d)  This section does not apply to a products liability action seeking damages for personal injury or wrongful death in which the claimant alleges:(1)  the claimant was exposed to the product that is the subject of the action before the end of 15 years after the date the product was first sold;(2)  the claimant's exposure to the product caused the claimant's disease that is the basis of the action;  and(3)  the symptoms of the claimant's disease did not, before the end of 15 years after the date of the first sale of the product by the defendant, manifest themselves to a degree and for a duration that would put a reasonable person on notice that the person suffered some injury.(d-1)  This section does not reduce a limitations period for a cause of action described by Subsection (d) that accrues before the end of the limitations period under this section.(e)  This section does not extend the limitations period within which a products liability action involving the product may be commenced under any other law.(f)  This section applies only to the sale and not to the lease of a product.(g)  This section does not apply to any claim to which the General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994 (Pub. L. No. 103-298, 108 Stat. 1552 (1994), reprinted in note, 49 U.S.C. Section 40101) or its exceptions are applicable.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 5, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 204, Sec. 5.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 16.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 2 - Trial, Judgment, and Appeal|Subtitle B - Trial Matters|Chapter 16 - Limitations|Subchapter A. Limitations of Personal Actions|Section 16.013. Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Firms

Sec. 16.013.  REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS AND APPRAISAL FIRMS.  (a)  In this section:(1)  "Appraisal" has the meaning assigned by Section 1103.003, Occupations Code.(2)  "Appraisal review" has the meaning assigned by Section 1104.003, Occupations Code.(3)  "Real estate appraisal firm"  means an entity engaging a real estate appraiser as an owner, member, shareholder, partner, employee, or independent contractor to perform an appraisal or appraisal review.(4)  "Real estate appraiser" means an individual licensed or certified under Chapter 1103, Occupations Code.(b)  Except for an action for fraud or breach of contract, a person must bring suit for damages or other relief arising from an appraisal or appraisal review conducted by a real estate appraiser or appraisal firm not later than the earlier of:(1)  two years after the day the person knew or should have known the facts on which the action is based; or(2)  five years after the day the appraisal or appraisal review was completed.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 328 (H.B. 1939), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 16.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 2 - Trial, Judgment, and Appeal|Subtitle B - Trial Matters|Chapter 16 - Limitations|Subchapter B. Limitations of Real Property Actions|Section 16.021. Definitions

Sec. 16.021.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Adverse possession" means an actual and visible appropriation of real property, commenced and continued under a claim of right that is inconsistent with and is hostile to the claim of another person.(2)  "Color of title" means a consecutive chain of transfers to the person in possession that:(A)  is not regular because of a muniment that is not properly recorded or is only in writing or because of a similar defect that does not want of intrinsic fairness or honesty;  or(B)  is based on a certificate of headright, land warrant, or land scrip.(3)  "Peaceable possession" means possession of real property that is continuous and is not interrupted by an adverse suit to recover the property.(4)  "Title" means a regular chain of transfers of real property from or under the sovereignty of the soil.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 16.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 2 - Trial, Judgment, and Appeal|Subtitle B - Trial Matters|Chapter 16 - Limitations|Subchapter B. Limitations of Real Property Actions|Section 16.022. Effect of Disability

Sec. 16.022.  EFFECT OF DISABILITY.  (a)  For the purposes of this subchapter, a person is under a legal disability if the person is:(1)  younger than 18 years of age, regardless of whether the person is married;(2)  of unsound mind;  or(3)  serving in the United States Armed Forces during time of war.(b)  If a person entitled to sue for the recovery of real property or entitled to make a defense based on the title to real property is under a legal disability at the time title to the property vests or adverse possession commences, the time of the disability is not included in a limitations period.(c)  Except as provided by Sections 16.027 and 16.028, after the termination of the legal disability, a person has the same time to present a claim that is allowed to others under this chapter.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1049, Sec. 57, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 16.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 2 - Trial, Judgment, and Appeal|Subtitle B - Trial Matters|Chapter 16 - Limitations|Subchapter B. Limitations of Real Property Actions|Section 16.023. Tacking of Successive Interests

Sec. 16.023.  TACKING OF SUCCESSIVE INTERESTS.  To satisfy a limitations period, peaceable and adverse possession does not need to continue in the same person, but there must be privity of estate between each holder and his successor.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 16.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 2 - Trial, Judgment, and Appeal|Subtitle B - Trial Matters|Chapter 16 - Limitations|Subchapter B. Limitations of Real Property Actions|Section 16.024. Adverse Possession: Three-Year Limitations Period

Sec. 16.024.  ADVERSE POSSESSION:  THREE-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD.  A person must bring suit to recover real property held by another in peaceable and adverse possession under title or color of title not later than three years after the day the cause of action accrues.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 16.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 2 - Trial, Judgment, and Appeal|Subtitle B - Trial Matters|Chapter 16 - Limitations|Subchapter B. Limitations of Real Property Actions|Section 16.025. Adverse Possession: Five-Year Limitations Period

Sec. 16.025.  ADVERSE POSSESSION:  FIVE-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD.  (a)  A person must bring suit not later than five years after the day the cause of action accrues to recover real property held in peaceable and adverse possession by another who:(1)  cultivates, uses, or enjoys the property;(2)  pays applicable taxes on the property;  and(3)  claims the property under a duly registered deed.(b)  This section does not apply to a claim based on a quitclaim deed, a forged deed, or a deed executed under a forged power of attorney.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 94 (S.B. 885), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|