Tex. R. Civ. P. 22 · 2. INSTITUTION OF SUIT
COMMENCED BY PETITION
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — As posted by the Supreme Court of Texas (file dated October 2, 2026)
A civil suit in the district or county court shall be commenced by a petition filed in the office of the clerk.
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 41)
- Text hash
- sha256 7ba58e8ebecad80290cbd23acbfc9d7fd396a3e6f5114da67ff618b49004f90c
- Composed by
- compose_tx_rules.py 2026-10-05: two PDF extractors agree character for character after the same chrome removal
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