CIVIL ACTION BY CITIZEN
Known as the Antiquities Code
The act spans §§ 191.001 to 191.174 (30 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Sweeney v. Jefferson (2006)
Most recently applied in Max Grossman v. Mark Wolfe, Executive Director, Texas Historical Commission (June 2019)
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2689, ch. 871, art
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 citizen of the State of Texas may bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction for restraining orders and injunctive relief to restrain and enjoin violations or threatened violations of this chapter, and for the return of items taken in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Venue of an action by a citizen lies in the county in which the activity sought to be restrained is alleged to be taking place or from which the items were taken.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.