Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 56.37. Time For Filing
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Art. 56.37. TIME FOR FILING. (a) Except as otherwise
provided by this article, a claimant or victim must file an
application not later than three years from the date of the
criminally injurious conduct.
(b) The attorney general may extend the time for filing for
good cause shown by the claimant or victim.
(c) If the victim is a child, the application must be filed
within three years from the date the claimant or victim is made
aware of the crime but not after the child is 21 years of age.
(d) If a claimant or victim presents medically documented
evidence of a physical or mental incapacity that was incurred by the
claimant or victim as a result of the criminally injurious conduct
and that reasonably prevented the claimant or victim from filing
the application within the limitations period under Subsection (a),
the period of the incapacity is not included.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 805, Sec. 10, eff. Aug. 30,
1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.84(a), eff. Sept. 1,
1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 779, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1434, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Article: 56.31 56.311 56.32 56.33 56.34 56.35 56.36 56.37 56.38 56.385 56.39 56.40 56.41 56.42 56.43
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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