Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 17.024 · Subchapter B. CITATION GENERALLY

SERVICE ON POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

(a) In a suit against a county, citation must be served on the county judge.

(b) In a suit against an incorporated city, town, or village, citation may be served on the mayor, clerk, secretary, or treasurer.

(c) In a suit against a school district, citation may be served on the president of the school board or on the superintendent.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.17.htm
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