United States · Texas statutory limitations
What must a Texas written survey-error claim establish before presentation-based relief applies?
Section 16.011(b) requires presenting a written damages claim to the surveyor during the ten-year period before its two-year-from-presentation relief applies. Preserve completion, the actual written claim and presentation evidence. Section 16.011(c) keeps repose independent of other limitations. A presentation date alone does not establish the final suit deadline.
- Period
- Two years from qualifying timely presentation, assessed with the original period and other limitations
- Trigger
- Actual presentation to the surveyor during the stated ten-year survey period
- Rule
- Texas CPRC 16.011(b)
Current official consolidated Chapter 16 text retrieved October 5, 2026
Source guide · No automated date
Establish the complete statutory procedure
The written-claim-only preset lacks survey completion, the timely-presentation condition and the independent action limitation.
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Which events matter for this statutory condition?
Establish the survey’s completion and original section 16.011(a) treatment.
Preserve the actual written damages claim and evidence of its presentation to the surveyor.
Verify presentation occurred during the stated ten-year period and assess every independent limitation.
Texas CPRC 16.011(b)How must the complete timing condition be assessed?
- Establish the survey’s completion and original section 16.011(a) treatment.
- Government Code 311.005(12) defines a year as twelve consecutive months. Section 311.014 supplies statutory computation. Select the actual statutory branch and establish every required event before applying a year count. Establish timely presentation before counting two years from it. Do not use correspondence alone to revive an already expired period.
- The written-claim-only preset lacks survey completion, the timely-presentation condition and the independent action limitation.
Section 16.072 extends its statutory suit-filing period when the last day is a Saturday, Sunday or holiday to the next day county offices are open for business. Establish the actual county calendar. This guide does not determine a court filing hour or automatically apply that treatment to another act.
Texas CPRC 16.011(b)Why does this guide publish no calculated date?
The written-claim-only preset lacks survey completion, the timely-presentation condition and the independent action limitation.
Which conditions or exclusions change the assessment?
- Actual written damages claim
- Subsection (b) identifies a written damages claim presented to the surveyor during the ten-year period. Its recipient, content and timing must be established.
- Original survey branch
- Subsection (a) separately addresses completion before or on/after September 1, 1989. Preserve the actual completion record.
- Other limitations
- Subsection (c) expressly keeps this repose provision independent of any other limitations period.
- This statutory-text review does not decide disputed facts, accrual, title, retrospective application or a court holding.
What evidence should be checked before acting?
Common questions
This statutory procedure
Does a late written claim automatically grant a new two years?
No. Subsection (b) requires presentation during the stated ten-year period.
Texas CPRC 16.011(b)Is the date I draft the claim the statutory presentation date?
The statute uses presentation to the surveyor. Preserve evidence of that actual event.
Texas CPRC 16.011(b)Does the presentation-based date replace the underlying claim limitation?
No. Subsection (c) identifies repose as independent of other limitation periods.
Texas CPRC 16.011(c)Official sources and review
Provisions used (7)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Texas CPRC 16.011(b) | The specific actor, required act and timing conditions |
| Texas CPRC 16.011(b) | Actual written damages claim |
| Texas CPRC 16.011(a) | Original survey branch |
| Texas CPRC 16.011(c) | Other limitations |
| Texas Government Code 311.005(12) | The statutory year unit, where applicable |
| Texas Government Code 311.014 | Statutory computation, where applicable |
| Texas CPRC 16.072 | The separate statutory suit-filing closed-day provision |