Chapter 17-9 Limitations Established or Modified by Agreement

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17-9 Limitations Established or Modified by Agreement

Parties may agree to modify or extend the limitations period so long as the modification is "specific and for a reasonable time."³⁸ Parties may not agree to permanently waive the limitations period.³⁹ The agreement must modify the limitations period to a predetermined and reasonable period of time.⁴⁰

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Notes:

^[38] Squyres v. Christian,253 S.W.2d 470, 472 (Tex. Civ. App.—Fort Worth 1952, writ ref'd n.r.e).

^[39] Id.

^[40] American Alloy Steel v. Armco, Inc., 777 S.W.2d 173, 177 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1989, no writ).