DEFINITIONS.
Tex. CIV. PRAC. & REM Code § 12.001.
in effectIn this chapter:
(1) "Court record" has the meaning assigned by Section 37.01 , Penal Code.
(2) "Exemplary damages" has the meaning assigned by Section 41.001 .
(2-a) "Filing office" has the meaning assigned by Section 9.102 , Business & Commerce Code.
(2-b) "Financing statement" has the meaning assigned by Section 9.102 , Business & Commerce Code.
(2-c) "Inmate" means a person housed in a secure correctional facility.
(3) "Lien" means a claim in property for the payment of a debt and includes a security interest.
(4) "Public servant" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.07 , Penal Code, and includes officers and employees of the United States.
(5) "Secure correctional facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.07 , Penal Code.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 189, Sec. 16, eff. May 21, 1997. Renumbered from Civil Practice & Remedies Code Sec. 11.001 by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 19.01(3), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.