{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-51.013","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 51.013","heading":"AUTHORITY RELATING TO LAWSUITS.","body":"The municipality may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and answer and be answered in any matter in any court or other place.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE D. GENERAL POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES","CHAPTER 51. GENERAL POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES","SUBCHAPTER B. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.51.htm#51.013","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"e531264869dd801c8a584092657af44564b6d675e1967c67b8dc55ad9f11ce27","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-51.012","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-51.014"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}