Tex. Ins. Code § 541.154 · Subchapter D. PRIVATE ACTION FOR DAMAGES
PRIOR NOTICE OF ACTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person seeking damages in an action against another person under this subchapter must provide written notice to the other person not later than the 61st day before the date the action is filed.
(b) The notice must advise the other person of:
(1) the specific complaint; and
(2) the amount of actual damages and expenses, including attorney's fees reasonably incurred in asserting the claim against the other person.
(c) The notice is not required if giving notice is impracticable because the action:
(1) must be filed to prevent the statute of limitations from expiring; or
(2) is asserted as a counterclaim.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.541.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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