Except as provided by Article 5.06-1(8), Insurance Code, an action brought which alleges a claim to relief under Section 17.50 of this subchapter shall be brought as provided by Chapter 15, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 17.56
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Known as the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act
The act spans §§ 17–17 (31 sections).
Applied in 30 court decisions — leading case Dairyland County Mutual Insurance Co. of Texas v. Harrison (1979)
Most recently applied in State v. Life Partners, Inc. (December 2007)
Added by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 322, ch. 143, Sec. 1, eff
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.