In this chapter, "person" means an individual, partnership, joint-stock company, unincorporated association or society, or municipal or other corporation of any character.
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 37.001
DEFINITION
Known as the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act
The act spans §§ 37–37 (12 sections).
Applied in 115 court decisions — leading case City of Houston v. Hill (1987)
Most recently applied in Banta Oilfield Services, Inc. v. Mewbourne Oil Company (December 2018)
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.