{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-78.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 78.001","heading":"LIABILITY.","body":"A volunteer fire fighter or a volunteer fire department is not liable for damage to property resulting from the fire fighter's or the department's reasonable and necessary action in fighting or extinguishing a fire on the property.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 4. LIABILITY IN TORT","CHAPTER 78. CERTAIN FIRE FIGHTERS AND FIRE-FIGHTING ENTITIES","SUBCHAPTER A. VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.78.htm#78.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"47b4ab41f583cb7fd3343819dd93264f355f1e5621ed4a34769e0f8e78f0d7a7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-77.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-78.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}