{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-14.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 14.002","heading":"SCOPE OF CHAPTER.","body":"(a) This chapter applies only to an action, including an appeal or original proceeding, brought by an inmate in a district, county, justice of the peace, or small claims court or an appellate court, including the supreme court or the court of criminal appeals, in which an affidavit or unsworn declaration of inability to pay costs is filed by the inmate.\n(b) This chapter does not apply to an action brought under the Family Code.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 378, Sec. 2, eff. June 8, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 79), Sec. 12.01, eff. January 1, 2012.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL","SUBTITLE A. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 14. INMATE LITIGATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.14.htm#14.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"52d367e04168170632e39c24c4127caf8ff5829a1ddc8a2d6634c5b6fed2e3f6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-14.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-14.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}