United States · Texas statutory limitations
Does moving to Texas create a twelve-month deadline for an existing demand?
Section 16.067(c) says a demand incurred before a person moved to Texas is not barred by limitations until the person has lived here for twelve months. It expressly preserves subsections (a) and (b), which address the prior jurisdiction’s limitation and bankruptcy or insolvency release. It does not create one universal deadline twelve months after arrival.
- Period
- A conditional twelve-month residence protection, subject to subsections (a) and (b)
- Trigger
- The demand’s pre-arrival origin, actual move and residence history, and the preserved prior-law conditions
- Rule
- Texas CPRC 16.067
Current official consolidated Chapter 16 text retrieved October 5, 2026
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Establish the complete statutory procedure
The move date alone cannot establish the underlying demand’s period, prior-law bar or release. This guide publishes no universal arrival-plus-twelve-month deadline.
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Which events matter for this statutory condition?
Establish that the demand was incurred before the person’s arrival in Texas.
Obtain evidence of the actual move and subsequent Texas residence.
Verify the prior jurisdiction’s limitation and any bankruptcy or insolvency release affecting the demand.
Texas CPRC 16.067How must the complete timing condition be assessed?
- Establish that the demand was incurred before the person’s arrival in Texas.
- The twelve-month condition limits when a pre-arrival demand can be barred; it does not replace its governing limitation. Government Code 311.014 addresses month computation, not the preserved prior-law questions.
- The move date alone cannot establish the underlying demand’s period, prior-law bar or release. This guide publishes no universal arrival-plus-twelve-month 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 16.067Why does this guide publish no calculated date?
The move date alone cannot establish the underlying demand’s period, prior-law bar or release. This guide publishes no universal arrival-plus-twelve-month deadline.
Which conditions or exclusions change the assessment?
- Prior jurisdiction’s limitation
- Subsection (a) bars the specified action where the claim is barred by the limitation law of the state or country from which the person came. This Texas text review does not verify that law.
- Bankruptcy or insolvency release
- Subsection (b) addresses recovery of money from a person released from its payment under the specified prior jurisdiction’s bankruptcy or insolvency laws.
- Preserved exclusions
- Subsection (c) expressly does not affect subsections (a) and (b). Twelve months of residence cannot be read as reviving a claim those provisions bar.
- Listed government rights
- Section 16.061(a) protects its specified state and political-subdivision rights against section 16.067. Establish the actual claimant and protected right.
- 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
Is every existing debt due for suit twelve months after the move?
No. Subsection (c) limits when the demand can be barred. It does not select the underlying limitation or create a universal filing deadline.
Texas CPRC 16.067(c)Does the residence protection revive a claim barred by the prior jurisdiction?
Subsection (c) expressly preserves subsection (a). Establish the prior jurisdiction’s limitation separately.
Texas CPRC 16.067(a)Does moving to Texas undo a bankruptcy release?
Subsections (b) and (c) preserve the specified prior-law bankruptcy or insolvency release condition. This guide does not decide a disputed release.
Texas CPRC 16.067(b)Official sources and review
Provisions used (8)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Texas CPRC 16.067 | The specific actor, required act and timing conditions |
| Texas CPRC 16.067(a) | Prior jurisdiction’s limitation |
| Texas CPRC 16.067(b) | Bankruptcy or insolvency release |
| Texas CPRC 16.067(c) | Preserved exclusions |
| 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 |