{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-22.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 22.004","heading":"EFFECT OF FORMER LAW.","body":"This chapter does not affect rights that existed before the introduction of the common law in this state. Those rights are defined by the principles of the law in effect at the time the rights accrued.\nActs 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3509, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 4. ACTIONS AND REMEDIES","CHAPTER 22. TRESPASS TO TRY TITLE","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.22.htm#22.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"f560388622221bbfe116dd47aef082c0aec0c00b1f1ec7b60c8b14b3f7a35835","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-22.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-22.021"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}