{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-140a.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 140A.053","heading":"CONTENTS OF DEMAND.","body":"(a) A civil investigative demand issued under Section 140A.052 must:\n(1) describe the nature of the activities that are the subject of the investigation;\n(2) state each statute the activity violates; and\n(3) advise the person on whom the demand is served that the person has the right to object to the demand as provided for in this subchapter.\n(b) A demand for production of documentary material must:\n(1) describe the class of material to be produced with reasonable specificity so that the material demanded is fairly identified;\n(2) prescribe a return date that provides a reasonable period of time within which the material is to be produced; and\n(3) identify the individual to whom the material is to be made available for inspection and copying.\n(c) A demand for answers to written interrogatories must:\n(1) propound the interrogatories with definiteness and certainty;\n(2) prescribe a date by which answers to the interrogatories must be submitted; and\n(3) identify the individual to whom the answers should be submitted.\n(d) Each demand for the giving of oral testimony must:\n(1) prescribe a reasonable date, time, and place at which the testimony will begin; and\n(2) identify the individual who will conduct the examination.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 685 (H.B. 29), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 140A. CIVIL RACKETEERING RELATED TO TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS","SUBCHAPTER B. PROCEDURES AND EVIDENCE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.140A.htm#140A.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"5fb538a1326f5028ec7c8d19d70d68d6ad209e8cacfbad27b68af087f557390a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-140a.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-140a.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}