Tex. Fam. Code § 41.0025 · Chapter 41. LIABILITY OF PARENTS FOR CONDUCT OF CHILD
LIABILITY FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE TO AN INN OR HOTEL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Notwithstanding Section 41.002, recovery of damages by an inn or hotel for wilful and malicious conduct is limited to actual damages, not to exceed $25,000 per occurrence, plus reasonable and necessary attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses.
(b) In this section "occurrence" means one incident on a single day in one hotel room. The term does not include incidents in separate rooms or incidents that occur on different days.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 40, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 593 (H.B. 2524), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.41.htm
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