{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-16.024","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.024","heading":"ADVERSE POSSESSION: THREE-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD.","body":"A person must bring suit to recover real property held by another in peaceable and adverse possession under title or color of title not later than three years after the day the cause of action accrues.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL","SUBTITLE B. TRIAL MATTERS","CHAPTER 16. LIMITATIONS","SUBCHAPTER B. LIMITATIONS OF REAL PROPERTY ACTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.16.htm#16.024","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"dee43ac7ed3e2dc00dff4e307233496d15815cb08993729cba6a0584170f6a2c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-16.023","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-16.025"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}