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Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.003

TWO-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD

Applied in 751 court decisions — leading case KPMG Peat Marwick v. Harrison County Housing Finance Corp. (1999)

Most recently applied in Gibbs v. Jackson (February 2024)

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

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(a) Except as provided by Sections 16.010, 16.0031, and 16.0045, a person must bring suit for trespass for injury to the estate or to the property of another, conversion of personal property, taking or detaining the personal property of another, personal injury, forcible entry and detainer, and forcible detainer not later than two years after the day the cause of action accrues.

(b) A person must bring suit not later than two years after the day the cause of action accrues in an action for injury resulting in death. The cause of action accrues on the death of the injured person.

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