{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-16.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.003","heading":"TWO-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Sections 16.010, 16.0031, and 16.0045, a person must bring suit for trespass for injury to the estate or to the property of another, conversion of personal property, taking or detaining the personal property of another, personal injury, forcible entry and detainer, and forcible detainer not later than two years after the day the cause of action accrues.\n(b) A person must bring suit not later than two years after the day the cause of action accrues in an action for injury resulting in death. The cause of action accrues on the death of the injured person.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 739, Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 26, Sec. 2, eff. May 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 97 (S.B. 15), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL","SUBTITLE B. TRIAL MATTERS","CHAPTER 16. LIMITATIONS","SUBCHAPTER A. LIMITATIONS OF PERSONAL ACTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.16.htm#16.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"75847197d1a75fafc21af08ba537979ab7b9c2e01535f0a41ef4a355b227ea90","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-16.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-16.0031"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}