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Seven Texas machines, each a structured lifecycle whose illegal shortcut is unrepresentable and whose every step carries its citation. The machine shows the steps and the guard; whether and how to run it in your matter is a legal judgment.

The TCPA machine (anti-SLAPP)

CPRC ch. 27 — the expedited-dismissal engine for claims based on protected expression: a filed motion stays discovery and puts the claim on a clock.

  1. 1. Trigger checkTex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 27.003(a)
  2. 2. Motion ≤ 60 days after service§ 27.003(b)
  3. 3. DISCOVERY STAYS on filing§ 27.003(c)
  4. 4. Hearing + ruling clocks§§ 27.004, 27.005
  5. 5. Dismissal → mandatory costs + fees; sanctions available§ 27.009(a)
  6. 6. Denial → interlocutory appeal as of right§ 51.014(a)(12)

The 60-day motion window is computed by the TX deadline registry (tcpa-motion) — never estimated.

The health-care liability machine (ch. 74)

The presuit-notice + expert-report engine every Texas med-mal claim lives or dies on.

  1. 1. Presuit written notice ≥ 60 days before filingTex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code §§ 74.051, 74.052
  2. 2. Expert report ≤ 120 days after each defendant's original answer§ 74.351(a)
  3. 3. Objections ≤ 21 days§ 74.351(a)
  4. 4. No report → dismissal WITH fees, on motion§ 74.351(b)
  5. 5. Insufficient report → one 30-day cure§ 74.351(c)

The 120-day computation is txMedMalExpertReportDue() — pure, traced, corpus-pinned. The machine never lets a draft petition ship without the presuit-notice step acknowledged.

The eviction lifecycle (Prop. 24 + TRCP 510)

Notice to vacate → justice-court suit → possession — the highest-volume civil machine in Texas.

  1. 1. Notice to vacate BEFORE filingTex. Prop. Code § 24.005
  2. 2. File in justice court — Rule 510 governsTex. R. Civ. P. 510.1, 510.3
  3. 3. Citation issues immediatelyTex. R. Civ. P. 510.8
  4. 4. Immediate-possession bond (plaintiff's option)Tex. R. Civ. P. 510.9
  5. 5. Appeal de novoTex. R. Civ. P. 510.10

The machine will not sequence a petition ahead of the notice-to-vacate step — the precondition is structural.

The DWOP / reinstatement lifecycle

Dismissal for want of prosecution — and the verified 30-day road back.

  1. 1. ExposureTex. R. Civ. P. 165a(1)-(2)
  2. 2. Notice + oral hearing before dismissalTex. R. Civ. P. 165a(1)
  3. 3. VERIFIED motion to reinstate ≤ 30 daysTex. R. Civ. P. 165a(3)

The reinstatement window is the deadline registry's dwop-reinstate formula — the 30 days are corpus-pinned.

The mandamus shield (TRAP 52)

Texas civil practice's extraordinary lane — the un-appealable order gets original-proceeding review.

  1. 1. The gate questionIn re Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 148 S.W.3d 124 (Tex. 2004) — anchor
  2. 2. The petitionTex. R. App. P. 52.1, 52.3, 52.7
  3. 3. Temporary reliefTex. R. App. P. 52.10

Mandamus grounds are SHOWN as the doctrine's own tests with verify-flags — the platform never predicts a grant.

The supersedeas calculator (TRAP 24 + CPRC 52.006)

Suspension of enforcement pending appeal — the money-judgment security math is statutory.

  1. 1. MethodsTex. R. App. P. 24.1
  2. 2. The money capTex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 52.006(a)-(b); Tex. R. App. P. 24.2(a)(1)
  3. 3. Reduction for substantial economic harm§ 52.006(c)

Net-worth inputs are the debtor's sworn numbers — the calculator traces arithmetic, never asserts a party's finances.

The enforcement ladder

Judgment to money — every rung cited, in escalation order.

  1. 1. Abstract → judgment lienTex. Prop. Code § 52.001
  2. 2. ExecutionTex. R. Civ. P. 621
  3. 3. Post-judgment discoveryTex. R. Civ. P. 621a
  4. 4. TurnoverTex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 31.002
  5. 5. Garnishment / receivershipTex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code chs. 63-64; Tex. R. Civ. P. 657-679, 695
  6. 6. Dormancy + revivalTex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code §§ 34.001, 31.006

The ladder renders as OPTIONS with citations — sequencing against a specific debtor is the user's (or counsel's) call, never the platform's.