Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code - Section 11.101. Prefiling Order; Contempt
Legal Research Home >
Texas Lawyer > Civil Practice & Remedies Code > Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code - Section 11.101. Prefiling Order; Contempt
§ 11.101. PREFILING ORDER; CONTEMPT. (a) A court may, on
its own motion or the motion of any party, enter an order
prohibiting a person from filing, in propria persona, a new
litigation in a court in this state if the court finds, after notice
and hearing as provided by Subchapter B, that:
(1) the person is a vexatious litigant; and
(2) the local administrative judge of the court in
which the person intends to file the litigation has not granted
permission to the person under Section 11.102 to file the
litigation.
(b) A person who disobeys an order under Subsection (a) is
subject to contempt of court.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 806, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Section: 11.051 11.052 11.053 11.054 11.055 11.056 11.057 11.101 11.102 11.103 11.104 12.001 12.002 12.003 12.004
Last modified: August 10, 2007
|
