Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.001

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 16.001 - Effect of Disability

(a) For the purposes of this subchapter, a person is under a legal disability if the person is:

(1) younger than 18 years of age, regardless of whether the person is married; or

(2) of unsound mind.

(b) If a person entitled to bring a personal action is under a legal disability when the cause of action accrues, the time of the disability is not included in a limitations period.

(c) A person may not tack one legal disability to another to extend a limitations period.

(d) A disability that arises after a limitations period starts does not suspend the running of the period.

Tex. Civ. Prac. and Rem. Code § 16.001

Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1049, Sec. 56, eff. 9/1/1987.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1985.