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Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 101.101

NOTICE

Known as the Texas Tort Claims Act

The act spans §§ 101–101 (41 sections).

Applied in 115 court decisions — leading case Cathey v. Booth (1995)

Most recently applied in Joy Worsdale, Individually and as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Scott Worsdale v. the City of Killeen, Texas (June 2019)

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff

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(a) A governmental unit is entitled to receive notice of a claim against it under this chapter not later than six months after the day that the incident giving rise to the claim occurred. The notice must reasonably describe:

(1) the damage or injury claimed;

(2) the time and place of the incident; and

(3) the incident.

(b) A city's charter and ordinance provisions requiring notice within a charter period permitted by law are ratified and approved.

(c) The notice requirements provided or ratified and approved by Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply if the governmental unit has actual notice that death has occurred, that the claimant has received some injury, or that the claimant's property has been damaged.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.