Tex. Civ. Practice & Remedies Code Section 16.003
Two-year Limitations Period

(a)

Except as provided by Sections 16.010 (Misappropriation of Trade Secrets), 16.0031 (Asbestos-related or Silica-related Injuries), and 16.0045 (Limitations Period for Claims Arising from Certain Offenses), a person must bring suit for trespass for injury to the estate or to the property of another, conversion of personal property, taking or detaining the personal property of another, personal injury, forcible entry and detainer, and forcible detainer not later than two years after the day the cause of action accrues.

(b)

A person must bring suit not later than two years after the day the cause of action accrues in an action for injury resulting in death. The cause of action accrues on the death of the injured person.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 739, Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 26, Sec. 2, eff. May 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 97 (S.B. 15), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.

Source: Section 16.003 — Two-year Limitations Period, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.­16.­htm#16.­003 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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 16.031
Enclosed Land 16.0031
Asbestos-related or Silica-related Injuries 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
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May 26, 2025

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