Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code
§ 10.004 — VIOLATION; SANCTION
CP § 10.004Title 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL · Part A. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Ch. 10. SANCTIONS FOR FRIVOLOUS PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)A court that determines that a person has signed a pleading or motion in violation of Section 10.001 may impose a sanction on the person, a party represented by the person, or both.
(b)The sanction must be limited to what is sufficient to deter repetition of the conduct or comparable conduct by others similarly situated.
(c)A sanction may include any of the following:
(1)a directive to the violator to perform, or refrain from performing, an act;
(2)an order to pay a penalty into court; and
(3)an order to pay to the other party the amount of the reasonable expenses incurred by the other party because of the filing of the pleading or motion, including reasonable attorney's fees.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 137, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.