Section 143.001 - Cause of Action(a) A person who is injured or whose property has been injured as a result of a violation under Chapter 33, Penal Code, has a civil cause of action if the conduct constituting the violation was committed knowingly or intentionally.(b) A person must bring suit for damages under this section before the earlier of the fifth anniversary of the date of the last act in the course of the conduct constituting a violation under Chapter 33, Penal Code, or the second anniversary of the date the claimant first discovered or had reasonable opportunity to discover the violation.Tex. Civ. Prac. and Rem. Code § 143.001
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 306, Sec. 5, eff. 9/1/1989.