Tex. Civ. Practice & Remedies Code 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.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1049, Sec. 56, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Source: Section 16.001 — Effect of Disability, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.­16.­htm#16.­001 (accessed Mar. 23, 2024).

16.001
Effect of Disability
16.002
One-year Limitations Period
16.003
Two-year Limitations Period
16.004
Four-year Limitations Period
16.005
Action for Closing Street or Road
16.006
Carriers of Property
16.007
Return of Execution
16.008
Architects, Engineers, Interior Designers, and Landscape Architects Furnishing Design, Planning, or Inspection of Construction of Improvements
16.009
Persons Furnishing Construction or Repair of Improvements
16.010
Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
16.011
Surveyors
16.012
Products Liability
16.013
Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Firms
16.021
Definitions
16.022
Effect of Disability
16.023
Tacking of Successive Interests
16.024
Adverse Possession: Three-year Limitations Period
16.025
Adverse Possession: Five-year Limitations Period
16.029
Evidence of Title to Land by Limitations
16.030
Title Through Adverse Possession
16.0031
Asbestos-related or Silica-related Injuries
16.031
Enclosed Land
16.032
Adjacent Land
16.033
Technical Defects in Instrument
16.034
Attorney’s Fees
16.035
Lien on Real Property
16.036
Extension of Real Property Lien
16.037
Effect of Extension of Real Property Lien on Third Parties
16.038
Rescission or Waiver of Accelerated Maturity Date
16.0045
Limitations Period for Claims Arising from Certain Offenses
16.051
Residual Limitations Period
16.061
Rights Not Barred
16.062
Effect of Death
16.063
Temporary Absence from State
16.064
Effect of Lack of Jurisdiction
16.065
Acknowledgment of Claim
16.066
Action on Foreign Judgment
16.067
Claim Incurred Prior to Arrival in This State
16.068
Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
16.069
Counterclaim or Cross Claim
16.070
Contractual Limitations Period
16.071
Notice Requirements
16.072
Saturday, Sunday, or Holiday
16.073
Applicability of Limitations Periods to Arbitration

Accessed:
Mar. 23, 2024

§ 16.001’s source at texas​.gov