{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-43.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 43.001","heading":"DEFINITION.","body":"In this chapter, \"surety\" includes:\n(1) an endorser, a guarantor, and a drawer of a draft that has been accepted; and\n(2) every other form of suretyship, whether created by express contract or by operation of law.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.11, eff. April 1, 2009.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL","SUBTITLE C. JUDGMENTS","CHAPTER 43. PRINCIPAL AND SURETY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.43.htm#43.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"053b75fb24a6f8acbe516eac520cfa067c2dce69f0f3c9044f12288ed69a4af5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-42.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-43.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}