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Texas Family Code § 41.0025

Liability for Property Damage to an Inn or Hotel

Liability of Parents for Conduct of Child

(a) Notwithstanding Section 41.002, recovery of damages by an inn or hotel for wilful and malicious conduct is limited to actual damages, not to exceed $25,000 per occurrence, plus reasonable and necessary attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses.

(b) In this section "occurrence" means one incident on a single day in one hotel room. The term does not include incidents in separate rooms or incidents that occur on different days.

Official text of the Texas Family Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 40, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 593 (H.B. 2524), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2025.

This section refers to

§ 41.002