{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-139.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 139.002","heading":"SCOPE OF CHAPTER.","body":"This chapter applies only to a suit on a claim for damages arising from personal injury:\n(1) to an incapacitated person; or\n(2) in which the personal injury has resulted in the substantial disablement of the injured person.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1228, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 139. PERSONAL INJURY TO CERTAIN PERSONS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.139.htm#139.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"f6d5019f849ecf4ad87b3798ce6c259727bb2e56b34e95357188de64f37e493e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-139.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-139.101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}