Tex. Civ. Practice & Remedies Code Section 16.011
Surveyors

(a)

A person must bring suit for damages arising from an injury or loss caused by an error in a survey conducted by a registered public surveyor or a licensed state land surveyor:

(1)

not later than 10 years after the date the survey is completed if the survey is completed on or after September 1, 1989; or

(2)

not later than September 1, 1991, or 10 years after the date the survey was completed, whichever is later, if the survey was completed before September 1, 1989.

(b)

If the claimant presents a written claim for damages to the surveyor during the 10-year limitations period, the period is extended for two years from the date the claim is presented.

(c)

This section is a statute of repose and is independent of any other limitations period.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1233, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1173, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Source: Section 16.011 — Surveyors, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.­16.­htm#16.­011 (accessed Jun. 5, 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
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Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 16.011’s source at texas​.gov