Tex. Civ. Practice & Remedies Code Section 10.001
Signing of Pleadings and Motions


The signing of a pleading or motion as required by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure constitutes a certificate by the signatory that to the signatory’s best knowledge, information, and belief, formed after reasonable inquiry:

(1)

the pleading or motion is not being presented for any improper purpose, including to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation;

(2)

each claim, defense, or other legal contention in the pleading or motion is warranted by existing law or by a nonfrivolous argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law or the establishment of new law;

(3)

each allegation or other factual contention in the pleading or motion has evidentiary support or, for a specifically identified allegation or factual contention, is likely to have evidentiary support after a reasonable opportunity for further investigation or discovery; and

(4)

each denial in the pleading or motion of a factual contention is warranted on the evidence or, for a specifically identified denial, is reasonably based on a lack of information or belief.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 137, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Source: Section 10.001 — Signing of Pleadings and Motions, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.­10.­htm#10.­001 (accessed Mar. 23, 2024).

Accessed:
Mar. 23, 2024

§ 10.001’s source at texas​.gov