The absence from this state of a person against whom a cause of action may be maintained suspends the running of the applicable statute of limitations for the period of the person's absence.
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.063
TEMPORARY ABSENCE FROM STATE
Applied in 27 court decisions — leading case Jackson v. Speer (1992)
Most recently applied in T. Agenbroad v. J. McEntire (December 2014)
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.