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Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 37.004

SUBJECT MATTER OF RELIEF

Known as the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act

The act spans §§ 37–37 (12 sections).

Applied in 268 court decisions — leading case Reilly v. Rangers Management, Inc. (1987)

Most recently applied in Max Grossman v. Mark Wolfe, Executive Director, Texas Historical Commission (June 2019)

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

How often courts cite this section

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citing decisions per year

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.

(a) A person interested under a deed, will, written contract, or other writings constituting a contract or whose rights, status, or other legal relations are affected by a statute, municipal ordinance, contract, or franchise may have determined any question of construction or validity arising under the instrument, statute, ordinance, contract, or franchise and obtain a declaration of rights, status, or other legal relations thereunder.

(b) A contract may be construed either before or after there has been a breach.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 22.001, Property Code, a person described by Subsection (a) may obtain a determination under this chapter when the sole issue concerning title to real property is the determination of the proper boundary line between adjoining properties.

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