Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 172.005 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DATE WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as agreed by the parties, a written communication is received on the day that it is delivered:
(1) to the addressee personally; or
(2) at the addressee's place of business, habitual residence, or mailing address.
(b) If a place described by Subsection (a) cannot be found after a reasonable inquiry, a written communication is received if it is sent to the addressee's last known place of business, habitual residence, or mailing address by registered mail or other means that provides a record of the attempt to deliver it.
(c) This section does not apply to a written communication relating to a court proceeding.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 109, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Redesignated from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art. 249-5 and amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 588, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 5.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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.172.htm
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