{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-10.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 10.001","heading":"SIGNING OF PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS.","body":"The signing of a pleading or motion as required by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure constitutes a certificate by the signatory that to the signatory's best knowledge, information, and belief, formed after reasonable inquiry:\n(1) the pleading or motion is not being presented for any improper purpose, including to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation;\n(2) each claim, defense, or other legal contention in the pleading or motion is warranted by existing law or by a nonfrivolous argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law or the establishment of new law;\n(3) each allegation or other factual contention in the pleading or motion has evidentiary support or, for a specifically identified allegation or factual contention, is likely to have evidentiary support after a reasonable opportunity for further investigation or discovery; and\n(4) each denial in the pleading or motion of a factual contention is warranted on the evidence or, for a specifically identified denial, is reasonably based on a lack of information or belief.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 137, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL","SUBTITLE A. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 10. SANCTIONS FOR FRIVOLOUS PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.10.htm#10.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"191739fec89baf59db080cadf239af28d4c5ae6ecb7523f4939849bc4975b4ec","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-9.014","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-10.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}