Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Trial, Judgment, and Appeal
Subtitle A - General Provisions

Section 6.004. School Districts Exempt From Security for Court Costs and Appeal Bond - Sec. 6.004. SCHOOL DISTRICTS EXEMPT FROM SECURITY FOR COURT COSTS...

Chapter 7 - Liability of Court Officers

Subchapter A. Liability of Officer

Section 7.001. Liability for Refusal or Neglect in Performance of Official Duties - Sec. 7.001. LIABILITY FOR REFUSAL OR NEGLECT IN PERFORMANCE OF...

Section 7.002. Liability for Deposits Pending Suit - Sec. 7.002. LIABILITY FOR DEPOSITS PENDING SUIT. (a) An officer...

Section 7.003. Liability Regarding Execution of Writs - Sec. 7.003. LIABILITY REGARDING EXECUTION OF WRITS. (a) Except as...

Subchapter B. Liability of Attorney

Section 7.011. Attorney's Liability for Costs - Sec. 7.011. ATTORNEY'S LIABILITY FOR COSTS. An attorney who is...

Subchapter C. Suit on Official Bonds

Section 7.021. Suit on Official Bonds - Sec. 7.021. SUIT ON OFFICIAL BONDS. Suit may be brought...

Chapter 8 - State Exemption From Certain Fees: Fees Paid by Opposing Party

Section 8.01. State Exemption - Sec. 8.01. STATE EXEMPTION. The state is exempt from the...

Section 8.02. Fee Paid by Opposing Party - Sec. 8.02. FEE PAID BY OPPOSING PARTY. If the state...

Chapter 9 - Frivolous Pleadings and Claims

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 9.001. Definitions - Sec. 9.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Claimant" means a...

Section 9.002. Applicability - Sec. 9.002. APPLICABILITY. (a) This chapter applies to an action...

Section 9.003. Texas Rules of Civil Procedure - Sec. 9.003. TEXAS RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE. This chapter does...

Section 9.004. Applicability - Sec. 9.004. APPLICABILITY. This chapter does not apply to the...

Subchapter B. Signing of Pleadings

Section 9.011. Signing of Pleadings - Sec. 9.011. SIGNING OF PLEADINGS. The signing of a pleading...

Section 9.012. Violation; Sanction - Sec. 9.012. VIOLATION; SANCTION. (a) At the trial of the...

Section 9.013. Report to Grievance Committee - Sec. 9.013. REPORT TO GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE. (a) If the court...

Section 9.014. Pleadings Not Frivolous - Sec. 9.014. PLEADINGS NOT FRIVOLOUS. (a) A general denial does...

Chapter 10 - Sanctions for Frivolous Pleadings and Motions

Section 10.001. Signing of Pleadings and Motions - Sec. 10.001. SIGNING OF PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS. The signing of...

Section 10.002. Motion for Sanctions - Sec. 10.002. MOTION FOR SANCTIONS. (a) A party may make...

Section 10.003. Notice and Opportunity to Respond - Sec. 10.003. NOTICE AND OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND. The court shall...

Section 10.004. Violation; Sanction - Sec. 10.004. VIOLATION; SANCTION. (a) A court that determines that...

Section 10.005. Order - Sec. 10.005. ORDER. A court shall describe in an order...

Section 10.006. Conflict - Sec. 10.006. CONFLICT. Notwithstanding Section 22.004, Government Code, the supreme...

Chapter 11 - Vexatious Litigants

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 11.001. Definitions - Sec. 11.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Defendant" means a...

Section 11.002. Applicability - Sec. 11.002. APPLICABILITY. (a) This chapter does not apply to...

Subchapter B. Vexatious Litigants

Section 11.051. Motion for Order Determining Plaintiff a Vexatious Litigant and Requesting Security - Sec. 11.051. MOTION FOR ORDER DETERMINING PLAINTIFF A VEXATIOUS LITIGANT...

Section 11.052. Stay of Proceedings on Filing of Motion - Sec. 11.052. STAY OF PROCEEDINGS ON FILING OF MOTION. (a)...

Section 11.053. Hearing - Sec. 11.053. HEARING. (a) On receipt of a motion under...

Section 11.054. Criteria for Finding Plaintiff a Vexatious Litigant - Sec. 11.054. CRITERIA FOR FINDING PLAINTIFF A VEXATIOUS LITIGANT. A...

Section 11.055. Security - Sec. 11.055. SECURITY. (a) A court shall order the plaintiff...

Section 11.056. Dismissal for Failure to Furnish Security - Sec. 11.056. DISMISSAL FOR FAILURE TO FURNISH SECURITY. The court...

Section 11.057. Dismissal on the Merits - Sec. 11.057. DISMISSAL ON THE MERITS. If the litigation is...

Subchapter C. Prohibiting Filing of New Litigation

Section 11.101. Prefiling Order; Contempt - Sec. 11.101. PREFILING ORDER; CONTEMPT. (a) A court may, on...

Section 11.102. Permission by Local Administrative Judge - Sec. 11.102. PERMISSION BY LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE. (a) A vexatious...

Section 11.103. Duties of Clerk - Sec. 11.103. DUTIES OF CLERK. (a) Except as provided by...

Section 11.1035. Mistaken Filing - Sec. 11.1035. MISTAKEN FILING. (a) If the clerk mistakenly files...

Section 11.104. Notice to Office of Court Administration; Dissemination of List - Sec. 11.104. NOTICE TO OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION; DISSEMINATION OF...

Chapter 12 - Liability Related to a Fraudulent Court Record or a Fraudulent Lien or Claim Filed Against Real or Personal Property

Section 12.001. Definitions - Sec. 12.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Court record" has...

Section 12.002. Liability - Sec. 12.002. LIABILITY. (a) A person may not make, present,...

Section 12.003. Cause of Action - Sec. 12.003. CAUSE OF ACTION. (a) The following persons may...

Section 12.004. Venue - Sec. 12.004. VENUE. An action under this chapter may be...

Section 12.005. Filing Fees - Sec. 12.005. FILING FEES. (a) The fee for filing an...

Section 12.006. Plaintiff's Costs - Sec. 12.006. PLAINTIFF'S COSTS. (a) The court shall award the...

Section 12.007. Effect on Other Law - Sec. 12.007. EFFECT ON OTHER LAW. This law is cumulative...

Chapter 13 - Affidavit of Inability to Pay Costs

Section 13.001. Dismissal of Action - Sec. 13.001. DISMISSAL OF ACTION. (a) A court in which...

Section 13.002. Judgment - Sec. 13.002. JUDGMENT. Judgment may be rendered for costs at...

Section 13.003. Free Transcript of Statement of Facts on Appeal - Sec. 13.003. FREE TRANSCRIPT OF STATEMENT OF FACTS ON APPEAL....

Section 13.004. Inapplicability to Certain Claims - Sec. 13.004. INAPPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN CLAIMS. This chapter does not...

Chapter 14 - Inmate Litigation

Section 14.001. Definitions - Sec. 14.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Claim" means a...

Section 14.002. Scope of Chapter - Sec. 14.002. SCOPE OF CHAPTER. (a) This chapter applies only...

Section 14.003. Dismissal of Claim - Sec. 14.003. DISMISSAL OF CLAIM. (a) A court may dismiss...

Section 14.004. Affidavit Relating to Previous Filings - Sec. 14.004. AFFIDAVIT RELATING TO PREVIOUS FILINGS. (a) An inmate...

Section 14.005. Grievance System Decision; Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies - Sec. 14.005. GRIEVANCE SYSTEM DECISION; EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES. (a)...

Section 14.006. Court Fees, Court Costs, Other Costs - Sec. 14.006. COURT FEES, COURT COSTS, OTHER COSTS. (a) A...

Section 14.007. Other Costs - Sec. 14.007. OTHER COSTS. (a) An order of a court...

Section 14.008. Hearing - Sec. 14.008. HEARING. (a) The court may hold a hearing...

Section 14.009. Submission of Evidence - Sec. 14.009. SUBMISSION OF EVIDENCE. (a) The court may request...

Section 14.010. Dismissal of Claim - Sec. 14.010. DISMISSAL OF CLAIM. (a) The court may enter...

Section 14.011. Effect on Other Claims - Sec. 14.011. EFFECT ON OTHER CLAIMS. (a) Except as provided...

Section 14.012. Questionnaire - Sec. 14.012. QUESTIONNAIRE. To implement this chapter, a court may...

Section 14.013. Review and Recommendation by Magistrates - Sec. 14.013. REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION BY MAGISTRATES. (a) The supreme...

Section 14.014. Conflict With Texas Rules of Civil Procedure - Sec. 14.014. CONFLICT WITH TEXAS RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE. Notwithstanding...

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Texas Statutes Title 2 - Trial, Judgment, and Appeal Subtitle A - General Provisions

Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Trial, Judgment, and Appeal
Subtitle A - General Provisions