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Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 34.001

NO EXECUTION ON DORMANT JUDGMENT

Applied in 55 court decisions — leading case Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. v. National Development & Research Corp. (2009)

Most recently applied in Tigh v. De Lage Landen Fin. Servs. (March 2018)

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

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(a) If a writ of execution is not issued within 10 years after the rendition of a judgment of a court of record or a justice court, the judgment is dormant and execution may not be issued on the judgment unless it is revived.

(b) If a writ of execution is issued within 10 years after rendition of a judgment but a second writ is not issued within 10 years after issuance of the first writ, the judgment becomes dormant. A second writ may be issued at any time within 10 years after issuance of the first writ.

(c) This section does not apply to a judgment for child support under the Family Code.

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