{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-16.066","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.066","heading":"ACTION ON FOREIGN JUDGMENT.","body":"(a) An action on a foreign judgment is barred in this state if the action is barred under the laws of the jurisdiction where rendered.\n(b) An action against a person who has resided in this state for 10 years prior to the action may not be brought on a foreign judgment rendered more than 10 years before the commencement of the action in this state.\n(c) In this section \"foreign judgment\" means a judgment or decree rendered in another state or a foreign country.\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 D. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.16.htm#16.066","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"104b58b391dd4b785f769a964129c006da43101baad2f9522bfc7dd682fc643d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-16.065","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-16.067"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}