Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.002 · Subchapter A. LIMITATIONS OF PERSONAL ACTIONS
ONE-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person must bring suit for malicious prosecution, libel, slander, or breach of promise of marriage not later than one year after the day the cause of action accrues.
(b) A person must bring suit to set aside a sale of property seized under Subchapter E, Chapter 33, Tax Code, not later than one year after the date the property is sold.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1017, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.
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