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CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODETitle 2 - TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEALSubtitle A - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 12 - LIABILITY RELATED TO A FRAUDULENT COURT RECORD OR A FRAUDULENT LIEN OR CLAIM FILED AGAINST REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY
Section 12.001 - Definitions

Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 12.001

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Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 12.001 - Definitions

In this chapter:

(1) "Court record" has the meaning assigned by Section 37.01, Penal Code.
(2) "Exemplary damages" has the meaning assigned by Section 41.001.
(2-a) "Filing office" has the meaning assigned by Section 9.102, Business & Commerce Code.
(2-b) "Financing statement" has the meaning assigned by Section 9.102, Business & Commerce Code.
(2-c) "Inmate" means a person housed in a secure correctional facility.
(3) "Lien" means a claim in property for the payment of a debt and includes a security interest.
(4) "Public servant" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code, and includes officers and employees of the United States.
(5) "Secure correctional facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code.

Tex. Civ. Prac. and Rem. Code § 12.001

Amended by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 895, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2007.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 189, Sec. 16, eff. 5/21/1997. Renumbered from Civil Practice & Remedies Code Sec. 11.001 by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 19.01(3), eff. 9/1/1999.