{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-37.006","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 37.006","heading":"PARTIES.","body":"(a) When declaratory relief is sought, all persons who have or claim any interest that would be affected by the declaration must be made parties. A declaration does not prejudice the rights of a person not a party to the proceeding.\n(b) In any proceeding that involves the validity of a municipal ordinance or franchise, the municipality must be made a party and is entitled to be heard, and if the statute, ordinance, or franchise is alleged to be unconstitutional, the attorney general of the state must also be served with a copy of the proceeding and is entitled to be heard.\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 C. JUDGMENTS","CHAPTER 37. DECLARATORY JUDGMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.37.htm#37.006","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"4a5aed596b7722c8e72d1abb3f0bb640e84730e7c045f654d76b1311ca27fa5a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-37.0055","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-37.007"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}