Tex. R. Civ. P. 71 · A. General
MISNOMER OF PLEADING
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — As posted by the Supreme Court of Texas (file dated October 2, 2026)
When a party has mistakenly designated any plea or pleading, the court, if justice so requires, shall treat the plea or pleading as if it had been properly designated. Pleadings shall be docketed as originally designated and shall remain identified as designated, unless the court orders redesignation. Upon court order filed with the clerk, the clerk shall modify the docket and all other clerk records to reflect redesignation.
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 59)
- Text hash
- sha256 45af4ef089cde835043a673d512483d8f6fb26607509316dbc41b7bba0f6f92a
- 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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