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Texas Rules of Civil Procedure – Effective September 1, 1941 – : An Historical Project
Advisory Committee Proceedings
Advisory Opinions: January 1942 – December 1948.
History – articles and photos from the Texas Bar Journal, reprinted with permission.
The Rules, eff. Sept. 1, 1941 to date. The rules are listed in numerical order. Simply click on the Rule number to see its current version. On that page, you will also find any prior amendments to the rule, listed in chronological order. Click on the dates to navigate through the various versions of the rule. All attempts at correcting typographical errors and other mistakes made during the conversion of the Rule were made, but the text should always be verified with the official version at the Texas Supreme Court
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Last Updated: February 1, 2024.
