{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-12.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 12.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Court record\" has the meaning assigned by Section 37.01, Penal Code.\n(2) \"Exemplary damages\" has the meaning assigned by Section 41.001.\n(2-a) \"Filing office\" has the meaning assigned by Section 9.102, Business \u0026 Commerce Code.\n(2-b) \"Financing statement\" has the meaning assigned by Section 9.102, Business \u0026 Commerce Code.\n(2-c) \"Inmate\" means a person housed in a secure correctional facility.\n(3) \"Lien\" means a claim in property for the payment of a debt and includes a security interest.\n(4) \"Public servant\" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code, and includes officers and employees of the United States.\n(5) \"Secure correctional facility\" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 189, Sec. 16, eff. May 21, 1997. Renumbered from Civil Practice \u0026 Remedies Code Sec. 11.001 by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 19.01(3), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 895 (H.B. 2566), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL","SUBTITLE A. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 12. LIABILITY RELATED TO A FRAUDULENT COURT RECORD OR A FRAUDULENT LIEN OR CLAIM FILED AGAINST REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.12.htm#12.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"b429bbee89bf887932b5b62913277921deafbae26be574b37270a8b3da886fe0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-11.104","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-12.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}