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Justice Court Precinct 5's 2026 instruction sheet (Judge Sergio L. De Leon): when a defendant in a small claims or debt claim case is to be served outside Tarrant County it is the plaintiff's responsibility to give the court the name of the constable, sheriff or other agency that will serve the citation, its address and phone number, and the agency's service fee, paid by money order or cashier's check payable as that agency instructs; a copy of the form is submitted for each defendant.
Texas > Tarrant County > Justice Court, Precinct 5 — plaintiffs serving defendants outside Tarrant County.
"INSTRUCTIONS IF YOUR DEFENDANT IS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF TARRANT COUNTY — *IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE DEFENDANTS, A COPY OF THIS FORM IS TO BE SUBMITTED FOR EACH DEFENDANT. IF THE DEFENDANT UPON WHOM YOU ARE FILING IS TO BE SERVED OUTSIDE OF TARRANT COUNTY, IT IS THE PLAINTIFF'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE THE COURT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: 1. THE NAME OF THE CONSTABLE, SHERIFF, OR OTHER AGENCY THAT WILL B
Reviewer note: Own-site document (text layer, 1 p, 1,318 chars) fetched 2026-09-06 and read in full; quoted verbatim; on the court's 2026 letterhead naming Judge Sergio L. De Leon (spine tx-sergio-l-deleon); the same instruction sheet is posted by Precinct 2 (composed separately). Composed benchpath-ajr8-tarrant (own-site lane).
The 101st District Court's Rule 106 substituted-service regime as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 05/02/2023): the instructions prescribing the supporting affidavit's mandatory contents (doc 1345) and the court's proposed order form whose use the court's registered policies make mandatory (doc 1344).
The 134th District Court's Rule 106 substitute-service requirements (Hon. Dale B. Tillery): the four-part supporting affidavit (address-verification efforts, dated service attempts, statements of persons present, and a public-record or database printout confirming residence), the license-plate corroboration option, the mandatory proposed form order, and the form's dual-mailing/30-day-return perfection conditions.
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