2025 Texas Statutes
Property Code
Title 4 - Actions and Remedies
Chapter 25 - Trial of Right of Property
Section 25.002. Damages

Universal Citation:
TX Prop § 25.002 (2025)
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Sec. 25.002. DAMAGES. If a claimant in a trial of the right of property does not establish a right to the property, the court shall adjudge damages against the obligors in the claimant's bond equal to 10 percent of the lesser of:

(1) the property's value; or

(2) the amount claimed under the writ levied against the property.

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3517, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

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