Texas
For Texas, how the statute states the period is If a writ of execution is not issued within 10 years after the rendition of a judgment of a court of record or a justice court, the judgment is dormant and execution may not be issued on the judgment unless it is revived; section is 34.001, verified against its source on 2026-09-02.
- State
- Texas our reading
- How long the judgment stays enforceable before it must be renewed or revived
- 10 years from the date the judgment was rendered, if no writ of execution issues in that time - the judgment then becomes dormant automatically and execution may not issue on it. Issuing a writ inside the 10 years restarts the clock: a second writ may issue at any time within 10 years of the first, and the judgment only goes dormant if none does. Child support judgments are outside this section. our reading
- What has to happen to extend it
- Nothing to file in advance, and a short window afterwards. Once the judgment is dormant it can be brought back only by a separate court proceeding - scire facias, or an action of debt - and that proceeding must be brought no later than the second anniversary of the date the judgment became dormant. Two years is the whole revival window, and missing it is final. our reading
- How the statute states the period
- If a writ of execution is not issued within 10 years after the rendition of a judgment of a court of record or a justice court, the judgment is dormant and execution may not be issued on the judgment unless it is revived. verified
- Section
- 34.001 verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
Sec. 34.001. NO EXECUTION ON DORMANT JUDGMENT. (a) If a writ of execution is not issued within 10 years after the rendition of a judgment of a court of record or a justice court, the judgment is dormant and execution may not be issued on the judgment unless it is revived. (b) If a writ of execution is issued within 10 years after rendition of a judgment but a second writ is not issued within 10 years after issuance of the first writ, the judgment becomes dormant. A second writ may be issued at any time within 10 years after issuance of the first writ. (c) This section does not apply to a judgment for child support under the Family Code.
— tcss.legis.texas.gov, retrieved 2026-09-02
Where each value comes from
The value above is stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage that states it is shown here too.
What has to happen to extend it
Sec. 31.006. REVIVAL OF JUDGMENT. A dormant judgment may be revived by scire facias or by an action of debt brought not later than the second anniversary of the date that the judgment becomes dormant.
— all from tcss.legis.texas.gov, retrieved 2026-09-02
Sources
- tcss.legis.texas.govhttps://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/CP/htm/CP.34.htm
- tcss.legis.texas.govhttps://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/CP/htm/CP.31.htm