Chapter 17-7 Ten-Year Statute of Limitations

• Jurisdiction: United States

17-7 Ten-Year Statute of Limitations

A person must bring suit against another who holds real property in peaceable and adverse possession who cultivates, uses, or enjoys the property.³⁵

A 10-year limitations period applies to enforcing judgments. A writ of execution must be issued, generally, within 10 years of the rendition of the judgment on which it is based.³⁶

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^[35] Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 16.026.

^[36]Id. at § 34.001.