Tex. Ins. Code § 541.256 · Subchapter F. CLASS ACTIONS BY ATTORNEY GENERAL OR PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL
PREREQUISITES TO CLASS ACTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The court shall permit one or more members of a class to sue or be sued as representative parties on behalf of the class only if:
(1) the class is so numerous that joinder of all members is impracticable;
(2) there are questions of law or fact common to the class;
(3) the claims or defenses of the representative parties are typical of the claims or defenses of the class; and
(4) the representative parties will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the class.
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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- sha256 39e6a1f12bef094f66ffbb61ab87da080491680d2aa581e7c021fa2295e8ea57
- Composed by
- 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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