Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.003 · Subchapter A. LIMITATIONS OF PERSONAL ACTIONS
TWO-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Sections 16.010, 16.0031, and 16.0045, a person must bring suit for trespass for injury to the estate or to the property of another, conversion of personal property, taking or detaining the personal property of another, personal injury, forcible entry and detainer, and forcible detainer not later than two years after the day the cause of action accrues.
(b) A person must bring suit not later than two years after the day the cause of action accrues in an action for injury resulting in death. The cause of action accrues on the death of the injured person.
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. 739, Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 26, Sec. 2, eff. May 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 97 (S.B. 15), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.16.htm
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- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.0031ASBESTOS-RELATED OR SILICA-RELATED INJURIES.Printed as Sections 16.010, 16.0031, and 16.0045
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.0045LIMITATIONS PERIOD FOR CLAIMS ARISING FROM CERTAIN OFFENSES.Printed as Sections 16.010, 16.0031, and 16.0045
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.010MISAPPROPRIATION OF TRADE SECRETS.Printed as Sections 16.010, 16.0031, and 16.0045
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