Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 171.094 · Subchapter D. COURT PROCEEDINGS
SERVICE OF PROCESS FOR INITIAL APPLICATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) On the filing of an initial application under this subchapter, the clerk of the court shall:
(1) issue process for service on each adverse party named in the application; and
(2) attach a copy of the application to the process.
(b) To the extent applicable, the process and service and the return of service must be in the form and include the substance required for process and service on a defendant in a civil action in a district court or the business court, as applicable.
(c) An authorized official may effect the service of process.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 5.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 912 (H.B. 40), Sec. 28, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.171.htm
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