Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code

§ 73.057 — TIMELY AND SUFFICIENT CORRECTION, CLARIFICATION, OR RETRACTION

CP § 73.057Title 4. LIABILITY IN TORT · Ch. 73. LIBEL · Art. B. CORRECTION, CLARIFICATION, OR RETRACTION BY PUBLISHER

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(a)A correction, clarification, or retraction is timely if it is made not later than the 30th day after receipt of:

(1)the request for the correction, clarification, or retraction; or

(2)the information requested under Section 73.056(a).

(b)A correction, clarification, or retraction is sufficient if it is published in the same manner and medium as the original publication or, if that is not possible, with a prominence and in a manner and medium reasonably likely to reach substantially the same audience as the publication complained of and:

(1)is publication of an acknowledgment that the statement specified as false and defamatory is erroneous;

(2)is an allegation that the defamatory meaning arises from other than the express language of the publication and the publisher disclaims an intent to communicate that meaning or to assert its truth;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 950 (H.B. 1759), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2013.