Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 143.001 · Chapter 143. HARMFUL ACCESS BY COMPUTER
CAUSE OF ACTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who is injured or whose property has been injured as a result of a violation under Chapter 33, Penal Code, has a civil cause of action if the conduct constituting the violation was committed knowingly or intentionally.
(b) A person must bring suit for damages under this section before the earlier of the fifth anniversary of the date of the last act in the course of the conduct constituting a violation under Chapter 33, Penal Code, or the second anniversary of the date the claimant first discovered or had reasonable opportunity to discover the violation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 306, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.143.htm
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