Texas legal data from official sources, structured for AI and legaltech.

Texas is a U.S. state within a common-law, federal system. Primary law is the Texas Constitution and the state's codified statutes, organized into subject-matter codes — such as the Business and Commerce Code, Penal Code, and Government Code — enacted by the Texas Legislature and published on statutes.capitol.texas.gov, with legislative materials from the Texas House of Representatives, the Legislative Council, and the Legislative Reference Library. Administrative rules are compiled in the Texas Administrative Code and published through the Secretary of State. Texas is unusual in having two highest courts: the Texas Supreme Court for civil matters and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals for criminal matters, above the intermediate Courts of Appeals, with case law available via Court Listener where available. Regulatory and enforcement materials come from bodies such as the Office of the Attorney General, the Comptroller of Public Accounts, the Commission on Environmental Quality, the Medical Board, and the Real Estate Commission. Records are published in English.

Texas law changes constantly: the Legislature meets in regular biennial sessions and special sessions to pass and amend statutes, agencies revise the Texas Administrative Code, and the courts issue a steady stream of opinions. Because state law also interacts with federal law — including matters heard in the U.S. District Courts sitting in Texas — point-in-time data straight from the official source is what keeps a Texas legal research answer correct today.