Policy for Alternative Service of Process of Citation - Hunt County Justice Court, Precinct 4 (registered July 31, 2026)

High confidence· verified September 19, 2026Local RulesPolicy for Alternative Service for Process of Citation, Justice of the Peace Precinct 4 Place 1, Hunt County, Texas. TOPICs registration 3066 (Hunt County, Local Rules, registered July 31, 2026); identical bytes are posted on the court's page of the county site.

Summary

One-page policy of Justice Court Precinct 4 on alternative service: two methods (first-class mail plus leaving the citation and petition with a person at least 16 at the property, or first-class mail plus affixing them to the front entry or gate), neither deemed perfected unless the citation, petition and order are also mailed by both registered mail, return receipt requested, and regular mail; the return is not made until 30 days after mailing or until the post office's tracking or delivery record comes back, whichever is earlier; the return states the mailing dates and results and attaches any returned envelope or tracking; photos of the place of service and vehicles and a skip trace of the defendant are required; the return is otherwise made under TRCP Rule 501.

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Texas > Tenth Administrative Judicial Region > Hunt County > Justice of the Peace Precinct 4 Place 1. Alternative service of citation authorized in cases in that justice court.

Source of truth

POLICY FOR ALTERNATIVE SERVICE FOR PROCESS OF CITATION a. Mailing a copy of the citation with a copy of the petition attached by first class mail to the defendant at property, and also leaving a copy of the citation and petition with any person found there who is at least (16) years of age; OR b. Mailing a copy of the citation with a copy of the petition attached by first class mail to the defen

Official source: TOPICs — Texas local rules registry (topics.txcourts.gov)
Source health: Healthy · checked September 24, 2026
Effective date: July 31, 2026
Last verified: September 19, 2026benchpath-tx-ajr10-p2-2026-09-19

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-19 (AJR-10 Tenth Region build) from BenchPath custody sources/registered/3066.pdf (application/pdf, 108746 bytes, sha256 a6862676bfcf2d743eb9a6ea60558c80700f2922e03bfbd24e83c01d2deaae5a; 1 pages) - the TOPICs-registered document: digital text layer normalised (whitespace, hyphenation, page furniture) and every page checked against the rendered PDF; signature and file-stamp blocks bracketed. Identical bytes posted on the county site: https://www.huntcounty.net/upload/page/0083/docs/07-31-2026 Alternative Service Policy .pdf. One-page PDF with a digital text layer; the typed text matches the layer token for token and was compared with the rendered page (the page highlights the sentence beginning 'The service made by the abovementioned shall not be deemed perfected' and underlines 'shall not'). Printed as on the sheet: 'at the same address's at which service is authorized', 'shall otherwise be made accordance with TRCP Rule 501'. The sheet names no court, judge or date: it is attributed to Justice Court Precinct 4 Place 1 by its TOPICs registration and by the identical file posted on the court's own page of the county site, and effective_date is the registration date. [judge-procedure lane 2026-09-20: attached to Clayton (Clay) M. Rankin as the sole sitting judge of the Justice of the Peace Precinct 4 Place 1 (Hunt County); operative court procedure, attribution by current seat.]

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