Tex. Civ. Practice & Remedies Code Section 37.002
Short Title, Construction, Interpretation

(a)

This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act.

(b)

This chapter is remedial; its purpose is to settle and to afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status, and other legal relations; and it is to be liberally construed and administered.

(c)

This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states that enact it and to harmonize, as far as possible, with federal laws and regulations on the subject of declaratory judgments and decrees.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

Source: Section 37.002 — Short Title, Construction, Interpretation, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.37.htm#37.002 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

37.001
Definition 37.002
Short Title, Construction, Interpretation 37.003
Power of Courts to Render Judgment 37.004
Subject Matter of Relief 37.005
Declarations Relating to Trust or Estate 37.006
Parties 37.007
Jury Trial 37.008
Court Refusal to Render 37.009
Costs 37.010
Review 37.011
Supplemental Relief 37.0055
Declarations Relating to Liability for Sales and Use Taxes of Another State

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Original Source: Section 37.002 — Short Title, Construction, Interpretation, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.37.htm#37.002 (last accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

Tex. Civ. Practice & Remedies Code Section 37.002 Short Title, Construction, Interpretation

(a)

(b)

(c)

Tex. Civ. Practice & Remedies Code Section 37.002
Short Title, Construction, Interpretation