Texas Civil Practice And Remedies Code Title 2, Chapter 11 - Vexatious Litigants

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 11.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Defendant" means a person or governmental entity against whom a plaintiff commences or maintains or seeks to commence or maintain a...

SUBCHAPTER B VEXATIOUS LITIGANTS

• Texas Section 11.002 - Applicability
  (a) This chapter does not apply to an attorney licensed to practice law in this state unless the attorney proceeds pro se. (b) This chapter...
• Texas Section 11.051 - Motion For Order Determining Plaintiff A Vexatious Litigant And Requesting Security
  In a litigation in this state, the defendant may, on or before the 90th day after the date the defendant files the original answer or...
• Texas Section 11.052 - Stay Of Proceedings On Filing Of Motion
  (a) On the filing of a motion under Section 11.051, the litigation is stayed and the moving defendant is not required to plead: (1) if...
• Texas Section 11.053 - Hearing
  (a) On receipt of a motion under Section 11.051, the court shall, after notice to all parties, conduct a hearing to determine whether to grant...
• Texas Section 11.054 - Criteria For Finding Plaintiff A Vexatious Litigant
  A court may find a plaintiff a vexatious litigant if the defendant shows that there is not a reasonable probability that the plaintiff will prevail...
• Texas Section 11.055 - Security
  (a) A court shall order the plaintiff to furnish security for the benefit of the moving defendant if the court, after hearing the evidence on...
• Texas Section 11.056 - Dismissal For Failure To Furnish Security
  The court shall dismiss a litigation as to a moving defendant if a plaintiff ordered to furnish security does not furnish the security within the...

SUBCHAPTER C PROHIBITING FILING OF NEW LITIGATION

• Texas Section 11.057 - Dismissal On The Merits
  If the litigation is dismissed on its merits, the moving defendant has recourse to the security furnished by the plaintiff in an amount determined by...
• Texas Section 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, pro se, a...
• Texas Section 11.102 - Permission By Local Administrative Judge
  (a) A vexatious litigant subject to a prefiling order under Section 11.101 is prohibited from filing, pro se, new litigation in a court to which...
• Texas Section 11.103 - Duties Of Clerk
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a clerk of a court may not file a litigation, original proceeding, appeal, or other claim presented, pro...
• Texas Section 11.1035 - Mistaken Filing
  (a) If the clerk mistakenly files litigation presented, pro se, by a vexatious litigant subject to a prefiling order under Section 11.101 without an order...
• Texas Section 11.104 - Notice To Office Of Court Administration; Dissemination Of List
  (a) A clerk of a court shall provide the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System a copy of any prefiling order issued...

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