Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 10.002 · Chapter 10. SANCTIONS FOR FRIVOLOUS PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS
MOTION FOR SANCTIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A party may make a motion for sanctions, describing the specific conduct violating Section 10.001.
(b) The court on its own initiative may enter an order describing the specific conduct that appears to violate Section 10.001 and direct the alleged violator to show cause why the conduct has not violated that section.
(c) The court may award to a party prevailing on a motion under this section the reasonable expenses and attorney's fees incurred in presenting or opposing the motion, and if no due diligence is shown the court may award to the prevailing party all costs for inconvenience, harassment, and out-of-pocket expenses incurred or caused by the subject litigation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 137, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.10.htm
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