Texas Civil Practice And Remedies Code Title 2, Chapter 14 - Inmate Litigation

• Texas Section 14.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Claim" means a cause of action governed by this chapter. (2) "Department" means the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. (3) "Inmate"...
• Texas Section 14.002 - Scope Of Chapter
  (a) This chapter applies only to an action, including an appeal or original proceeding, brought by an inmate in a district, county, justice of the...
• Texas Section 14.003 - Dismissal Of Claim
  (a) A court may dismiss a claim, either before or after service of process, if the court finds that: (1) the allegation of poverty in...
• Texas Section 14.004 - Affidavit Relating To Previous Filings
  (a) An inmate who files an affidavit or unsworn declaration of inability to pay costs shall file a separate affidavit or declaration: (1) identifying each...
• Texas Section 14.005 - Grievance System Decision; Exhaustion Of Administrative Remedies
  (a) An inmate who files a claim that is subject to the grievance system established under Section 501.008, Government Code, shall file with the court:...
• Texas Section 14.006 - Court Fees, Court Costs, Other Costs
  (a) A court may order an inmate who has filed a claim to pay court fees, court costs, and other costs in accordance with this...
• Texas Section 14.007 - Other Costs
  (a) An order of a court under Section 14.006(a) shall include the costs described by Subsection (b) if the court finds that: (1) the inmate...
• Texas Section 14.008 - Hearing
  (a) The court may hold a hearing under this chapter at a jail or a facility operated by or under contract with the department or...
• Texas Section 14.009 - Submission Of Evidence
  (a) The court may request a person with an admissible document or admissible testimony relevant to the subject matter of the hearing to submit a...
• Texas Section 14.010 - Dismissal Of Claim
  (a) The court may enter an order dismissing the entire claim or a portion of the claim under this chapter. (b) If a portion of...
• Texas Section 14.011 - Effect On Other Claims
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), on receipt of an order assessing fees and costs under Section 14.006 that indicates that the court made...
• Texas Section 14.012 - Questionnaire
  To implement this chapter, a court may develop, for use in that court, a questionnaire to be filed by the inmate. Added by Acts 1995,...
• Texas Section 14.013 - Review And Recommendation By Magistrates
  (a) The supreme court shall, by rule, adopt a system under which a court may refer a suit governed by this chapter to a magistrate...
• Texas Section 14.014 - Conflict With Texas Rules Of Civil Procedure
  Notwithstanding Section 22.004, Government Code, this chapter may not be modified or repealed by a rule adopted by the supreme court. Added by Acts 1995,...

Last modified: September 28, 2016