Tex. R. Civ. P. 1 · Part I. GENERAL RULES
OBJECTIVE OF RULES
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — As posted by the Supreme Court of Texas (file dated October 2, 2026)
The proper objective of rules of civil procedure is to obtain a just, fair, equitable and impartial adjudication of the rights of litigants under established principles of substantive law. To the end that this objective may be attained with as great expedition and dispatch and at the least expense both to the litigants and to the state as may be practicable, these rules shall be given a liberal construction.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Supreme Court of Texas (file dated October 2, 2026)
- Official file
- https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1463426/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf (PDF pages 19)
- Text hash
- sha256 11ce958ff1be4012bfd5b326f89c2813d29b60bdf371f15bad66ecd697c90645
- Composed by
- compose_tx_rules.py 2026-10-05: two PDF extractors agree character for character after the same chrome removal
BenchPath cards that rely on this text
- Local Rules of the District Courts of Angelina County
- Local Rules of the District Courts of Fort Bend County, Texas
- Rules of the Civil Trial Division, Harris County District Courts
- Local Rules of the 58th, 60th, 136th and 172nd Civil District Courts of Jefferson County (eff. Oct. 20, 2025)
- Local Smith County Rules of Civil Trial - District Courts and County Courts at Law (adopted March 4, 1999; approved by the Supreme Court of Texas July 26, 2000, Misc. Docket No. 00-9119)
Cited by 6 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. R. Civ. P. 1. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Texas Rules of Civil Procedure
- Tex. R. Civ. P. 42CLASS ACTIONSPrinted as Rule 42(b)(1) | Rule 42(e)(1) | Rule 42(e)(1)(A) | Rule 42(g)(1)(B)
- Tex. R. Civ. P. 169EXPEDITED ACTIONSPrinted as Rule 190.2(b)(1)
- Tex. R. Civ. P. 199DEPOSITIONS UPON ORAL EXAMINATIONPrinted as Rule 199.2(b)(1)
- Tex. R. Civ. P. 203SIGNING, CERTIFICATION AND USE OF ORAL AND WRITTEN DEPOSITIONSPrinted as Rule 804(b)(1)
- Tex. R. Civ. P. 215ABUSE OF DISCOVERY; SANCTIONSPrinted as Rules 199.2(b)(1)
- Tex. R. Civ. P. 510.16IF DEFENDANT FAILS TO ANSWER OR APPEAR AT TRIALPrinted as Rule 510.5(c)(1)(C)
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