Tex. Gov't Code § 2254.105 · Subchapter C. CONTINGENT FEE CONTRACT FOR LEGAL SERVICES
CERTAIN GENERAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The contract must:
(1) provide for the method by which the contingent fee is computed;
(2) state the differences, if any, in the method by which the contingent fee is computed if the matter is settled, tried, or tried and appealed;
(3) state how litigation and other expenses will be paid and, if reimbursement of any expense is contingent on the outcome of the matter or reimbursable from the amount recovered in the matter, state whether the amount recovered for purposes of the contingent fee computation is considered to be the amount obtained before or after expenses are deducted;
(4) state that any subcontracted legal or support services performed by a person who is not a contracting attorney or a partner, shareholder, or employee of a contracting attorney or law firm is an expense subject to reimbursement only in accordance with this subchapter; and
(5) state that the amount of the contingent fee and reimbursement of expenses under the contract will be paid and limited in accordance with this subchapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1499, Sec. 3.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2254.htm
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