Texas Statutes
Subtitle B - Trial Matters
Chapter 16 - Limitations

Subchapter A. Limitations of Personal Actions

Section 16.001. Effect of Disability - Sec. 16.001. EFFECT OF DISABILITY. (a) For the purposes of...

Section 16.002. One-Year Limitations Period - Sec. 16.002. ONE-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD. (a) A person must bring...

Section 16.003. Two-Year Limitations Period - Sec. 16.003. TWO-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD. (a) Except as provided by...

Section 16.0031. Asbestos-Related or Silica-Related Injuries - Sec. 16.0031. ASBESTOS-RELATED OR SILICA-RELATED INJURIES. (a) In an action...

Section 16.004. Four-Year Limitations Period - Sec. 16.004. FOUR-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD. (a) A person must bring...

Section 16.0045. Limitations Period for Claims Arising From Certain Offenses - Sec. 16.0045. LIMITATIONS PERIOD FOR CLAIMS ARISING FROM CERTAIN OFFENSES....

Section 16.005. Action for Closing Street or Road - Sec. 16.005. ACTION FOR CLOSING STREET OR ROAD. (a) A...

Section 16.006. Carriers of Property - Sec. 16.006. CARRIERS OF PROPERTY. (a) A carrier of property...

Section 16.007. Return of Execution - Sec. 16.007. RETURN OF EXECUTION. A person must bring suit...

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...

Section 16.009. Persons Furnishing Construction or Repair of Improvements - Sec. 16.009. PERSONS FURNISHING CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR OF IMPROVEMENTS. (a)...

Section 16.010. Misappropriation of Trade Secrets - Sec. 16.010. MISAPPROPRIATION OF TRADE SECRETS. (a) A person must...

Section 16.011. Surveyors - Sec. 16.011. SURVEYORS. (a) A person must bring suit for...

Section 16.012. Products Liability - Sec. 16.012. PRODUCTS LIABILITY. (a) In this section: (1) "Claimant,"...

Section 16.013. Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Firms - Sec. 16.013. REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS AND APPRAISAL FIRMS. (a) In...

Subchapter B. Limitations of Real Property Actions

Section 16.021. Definitions - Sec. 16.021. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Adverse possession" means...

Section 16.022. Effect of Disability - Sec. 16.022. EFFECT OF DISABILITY. (a) For the purposes of...

Section 16.023. Tacking of Successive Interests - Sec. 16.023. TACKING OF SUCCESSIVE INTERESTS. To satisfy a limitations...

Section 16.024. Adverse Possession: Three-Year Limitations Period - Sec. 16.024. ADVERSE POSSESSION: THREE-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD. A person must...

Section 16.025. Adverse Possession: Five-Year Limitations Period - Sec. 16.025. ADVERSE POSSESSION: FIVE-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD. (a) A person...

Section 16.026. Adverse Possession: 10-Year Limitations Period - Sec. 16.026. ADVERSE POSSESSION: 10-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD. (a) A person...

Section 16.0265. Adverse Possession by Cotenant Heir: 15-Year Combined Limitations Period - Sec. 16.0265. ADVERSE POSSESSION BY COTENANT HEIR: 15-YEAR COMBINED LIMITATIONS...

Section 16.027. Adverse Possession: 25-Year Limitations Period Notwithstanding Disability - Sec. 16.027. ADVERSE POSSESSION: 25-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD NOTWITHSTANDING DISABILITY. A...

Section 16.028. Adverse Possession With Recorded Instrument: 25-Year Limitations Period - Sec. 16.028. ADVERSE POSSESSION WITH RECORDED INSTRUMENT: 25-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD....

Section 16.029. Evidence of Title to Land by Limitations - Sec. 16.029. EVIDENCE OF TITLE TO LAND BY LIMITATIONS. (a)...

Section 16.030. Title Through Adverse Possession - Sec. 16.030. TITLE THROUGH ADVERSE POSSESSION. (a) If an action...

Section 16.031. Enclosed Land - Sec. 16.031. ENCLOSED LAND. (a) A tract of land that...

Section 16.032. Adjacent Land - Sec. 16.032. ADJACENT LAND. Possession of land that belongs to...

Section 16.033. Technical Defects in Instrument - Sec. 16.033. TECHNICAL DEFECTS IN INSTRUMENT. (a) A person with...

Section 16.034. Attorney's Fees - Sec. 16.034. ATTORNEY'S FEES. (a) In a suit for the...

Section 16.035. Lien on Real Property - Sec. 16.035. LIEN ON REAL PROPERTY. (a) A person must...

Section 16.036. Extension of Real Property Lien - Sec. 16.036. EXTENSION OF REAL PROPERTY LIEN. (a) The party...

Section 16.037. Effect of Extension of Real Property Lien on Third Parties - Sec. 16.037. EFFECT OF EXTENSION OF REAL PROPERTY LIEN ON...

Section 16.038. Rescission or Waiver of Accelerated Maturity Date - Sec. 16.038. RESCISSION OR WAIVER OF ACCELERATED MATURITY DATE. (a)...

Subchapter C. Residual Limitations Period

Section 16.051. Residual Limitations Period - Sec. 16.051. RESIDUAL LIMITATIONS PERIOD. Every action for which there...

Subchapter D. Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 16.061. Rights Not Barred - Sec. 16.061. RIGHTS NOT BARRED. (a) A right of action...

Section 16.062. Effect of Death - Sec. 16.062. EFFECT OF DEATH. (a) The death of a...

Section 16.063. Temporary Absence From State - Sec. 16.063. TEMPORARY ABSENCE FROM STATE. The absence from this...

Section 16.064. Effect of Lack of Jurisdiction - Sec. 16.064. EFFECT OF LACK OF JURISDICTION. (a) The period...

Section 16.065. Acknowledgment of Claim - Sec. 16.065. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF CLAIM. An acknowledgment of the justness...

Section 16.066. Action on Foreign Judgment - Sec. 16.066. ACTION ON FOREIGN JUDGMENT. (a) An action on...

Section 16.067. Claim Incurred Prior to Arrival in This State - Sec. 16.067. CLAIM INCURRED PRIOR TO ARRIVAL IN THIS STATE....

Section 16.069. Counterclaim or Cross Claim - Sec. 16.069. COUNTERCLAIM OR CROSS CLAIM. (a) If a counterclaim...

Section 16.070. Contractual Limitations Period - Sec. 16.070. CONTRACTUAL LIMITATIONS PERIOD. (a) Except as provided by...

Section 16.071. Notice Requirements - Sec. 16.071. NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. (a) A contract stipulation that requires...

Section 16.072. Saturday, Sunday, or Holiday - Sec. 16.072. SATURDAY, SUNDAY, OR HOLIDAY. If the last day...