{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-16.010","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.010","heading":"MISAPPROPRIATION OF TRADE SECRETS.","body":"(a) A person must bring suit for misappropriation of trade secrets not later than three years after the misappropriation is discovered or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been discovered.\n(b) A misappropriation of trade secrets that continues over time is a single cause of action and the limitations period described by Subsection (a) begins running without regard to whether the misappropriation is a single or continuing act.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 26, Sec. 1, eff. May 1, 1997.","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#16.010","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"8eb67affad7e099a4fefde0030af07ca59fd3a15713796d387b68acadc0aaf33","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-16.009","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-16.011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}