Tex. Civ. Practice & Remedies Code Section 43.001
Definition

In this chapter, “surety” includes:

(1)

an endorser, a guarantor, and a drawer of a draft that has been accepted; and

(2)

every other form of suretyship, whether created by express contract or by operation of law.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.11, eff. April 1, 2009.