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Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 143.001

CAUSE OF ACTION

Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Michael O. Pickens v. Elizabeth Cordia (2014)

Most recently applied in Heidi Group v. TX Hlth Human Svc (May 2025)

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 306, Sec. 5, eff

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(a) A person who is injured or whose property has been injured as a result of a violation under Chapter 33, Penal Code, has a civil cause of action if the conduct constituting the violation was committed knowingly or intentionally.

(b) A person must bring suit for damages under this section before the earlier of the fifth anniversary of the date of the last act in the course of the conduct constituting a violation under Chapter 33, Penal Code, or the second anniversary of the date the claimant first discovered or had reasonable opportunity to discover the violation.

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