United States · Texas statutory limitations
Which limitation checks govern a foreign judgment action in Texas?
Section 16.066(a) bars an action on a foreign judgment if the rendering jurisdiction’s law bars it. Subsection (b) also addresses a defendant who has resided in Texas for ten years before suit and a judgment rendered more than ten years before suit. A rendition date alone cannot establish timely enforcement.
- Period
- The rendering-law bar and the conditional Texas ten-year rendition-age test
- Trigger
- Rendition, commencement of the Texas action, the defendant’s residence history and the rendering jurisdiction’s limitation
- Rule
- Texas CPRC 16.066
Current official consolidated Chapter 16 text retrieved October 5, 2026
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Establish the complete statutory procedure
The single rendition-date preset cannot assess residence history or the rendering jurisdiction’s separate limitation. This guide supplies no calculated enforcement deadline.
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Which events matter for this statutory condition?
Obtain the actual foreign judgment and establish its rendition date and jurisdiction.
Identify the proposed Texas action date and the defendant’s actual residence history.
Verify whether the action is barred under the rendering jurisdiction’s law. This Texas statutory review does not establish that foreign law.
Texas CPRC 16.066How must the complete timing condition be assessed?
- Obtain the actual foreign judgment and establish its rendition date and jurisdiction.
- Assess subsection (a) first alongside the conditional residence and judgment-age facts in subsection (b). The ten-year catalog period is not a universal enforcement entitlement.
- The single rendition-date preset cannot assess residence history or the rendering jurisdiction’s separate limitation. This guide supplies no calculated enforcement deadline.
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 16.066Why does this guide publish no calculated date?
The single rendition-date preset cannot assess residence history or the rendering jurisdiction’s separate limitation. This guide supplies no calculated enforcement deadline.
Which conditions or exclusions change the assessment?
- Rendering jurisdiction remains material
- Section 16.066(a) expressly applies the rendering jurisdiction’s limitation bar. This page does not verify another state’s or country’s law.
- Texas residence condition
- Subsection (b) addresses a person who has resided in Texas for ten years before the action. Do not apply its isolated judgment-age number without that condition.
- Defined foreign judgment
- Subsection (c) defines a foreign judgment as a judgment or decree rendered in another state or foreign country. This guide does not decide recognition or a separate registration procedure.
- Listed government rights
- Section 16.061(a) includes section 16.066 in its list protecting the specified governmental rights. Verify the actual claimant.
- 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
Can a judgment remain actionable here if its original jurisdiction bars the action?
Section 16.066(a) expressly bars the action where the rendering jurisdiction’s law bars it. Verify that law separately.
Texas CPRC 16.066(a)Does subsection (b) apply to every defendant regardless of residence?
Its text specifies a person who has resided in Texas for ten years before the action. Establish the actual history.
Texas CPRC 16.066(b)Does this page establish recognition or registration of the judgment?
No. This guide covers section 16.066’s stated limitation checks. It does not decide a separate recognition or registration procedure.
Texas CPRC 16.066(c)Official sources and review
Provisions used (8)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Texas CPRC 16.066 | The specific actor, required act and timing conditions |
| Texas CPRC 16.066(a) | Rendering jurisdiction remains material |
| Texas CPRC 16.066(b) | Texas residence condition |
| Texas CPRC 16.066(c) | Defined foreign judgment |
| Texas CPRC 16.061(a) | Listed government rights |
| 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 |