Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 11.101
PREFILING ORDER; CONTEMPT
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- Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 11.101, PREFILING ORDER; CONTEMPT, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/632004
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(a) A court may, on its own motion or the motion of any party, enter an order prohibiting a person from filing, pro se, a new litigation in a court to which the order applies under this section without permission of the appropriate local administrative judge described by Section 11.102(a) to file the litigation if the court finds, after notice and hearing as provided by Subchapter B, that the person is a vexatious litigant.
(b) A person who disobeys an order under Subsection (a) is subject to contempt of court.
(c) A litigant may appeal from a prefiling order entered under Subsection (a) designating the person a vexatious litigant.
(d) A prefiling order entered under Subsection (a) by a justice or constitutional county court applies only to the court that entered the order.
(e) A prefiling order entered under Subsection (a) by a district court, a statutory county court, or the business court applies to each court in this state.