{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-140b.052","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 140B.052","heading":"CIVIL INVESTIGATIVE DEMAND.","body":"If the attorney general or a local prosecutor has reason to believe that a person may be in possession, custody, or control of any documentary material or other evidence or may have any information relevant to a civil racketeering investigation, the attorney general or local prosecutor may, before beginning a civil proceeding under this chapter, issue in writing and serve on the person a civil investigative demand requiring the person to:\n(1) produce any of the documentary material for inspection and copying;\n(2) answer in writing any written interrogatories;\n(3) give oral testimony; or\n(4) provide any combination of civil investigative demands under Subdivisions (1)-(3).\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 4635), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 140B. CIVIL REMEDIES AND ENFORCEMENT RELATED TO RACKETEERING AND UNLAWFUL DEBT COLLECTION","SUBCHAPTER B. CIVIL INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.140B.htm#140B.052","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"b33eb6f95941d3395d4b39da2c08e91bd48c6424a0888b6998198e03a398a946","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-140b.051","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-140b.053"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}