A dormant judgment may be revived by scire facias or by an action of debt brought not later than the second anniversary of the date that the judgment becomes dormant.
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 31.006
REVIVAL OF JUDGMENT
Applied in 33 court decisions — leading case Sobranes Recovery Pool I, LLC v. Todd & Hughes Construction Corp. (2007)
Most recently applied in Sharon Stedman, Individually and the Estate of Betty Vallner v. Steven DePaz (September 2015)
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.