Tex. Prop. Code § 27.0031 · Chapter 27. RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION LIABILITY
FRIVOLOUS SUIT; HARASSMENT.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A party who files a suit under this chapter that is groundless and brought in bad faith or for purposes of harassment is liable to the defendant for reasonable and necessary attorney's fees and court costs.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 189, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.27.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 c2ae67b29e5d1b89f9d731c6a0b26d02a2d089c0bc6304682e23d7cb8fdb3844
- 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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