Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 36A.009 · Chapter 36A. ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS OF OTHER COUNTRIES

STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.

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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

An action to recognize a foreign-country judgment must be brought within the earlier of:

(1) the time during which the foreign-country judgment is effective in the foreign country; or

(2) 15 years from the date that the foreign-country judgment became effective in the foreign country.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 390 (S.B. 944), Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2017.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.36A.htm
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