Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 31.010 · Chapter 31. JUDGMENTS
TURNOVER BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A financial institution that receives a request to turn over assets or financial information of a judgment debtor to a judgment creditor or a receiver under a turnover order or receivership under Section 31.002 shall be provided and may rely on:
(1) a certified copy of the order or injunction of the court; or
(2) a certified copy of the order of appointment of a receiver under Section 64.001, including a certified copy of:
(A) any document establishing the qualification of the receiver under Section 64.021;
(B) the sworn affidavit under Section 64.022; and
(C) the bond under Section 64.023.
(b) A financial institution that complies with this section is not liable for compliance with a court order, injunction, or receivership authorized by Section 31.002 to:
(1) the judgment debtor;
(2) a party claiming through the judgment debtor;
(3) a co-depositor with the judgment debtor; or
(4) a co-borrower with the judgment debtor.
(c) A financial institution that complies with this section is entitled to recover reasonable costs, including copying costs, research costs, and, if there is a contest, reasonable attorney's fees.
(d) In this section, "financial institution" means a state or national bank, state or federal savings and loan association, state or federal savings bank, state or federal credit union, foreign bank, foreign bank agency, or trust company.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 892, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.31.htm
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Civil Practice and Remedies Code
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 31.002COLLECTION OF JUDGMENT THROUGH COURT PROCEEDING.Printed as Section 31.002
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 64.001AVAILABILITY OF REMEDY.Printed as Section 64.001
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 64.021QUALIFICATIONS; RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT.Printed as Section 64.021
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 64.022OATH.Printed as Section 64.022
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 64.023BOND.Printed as Section 64.023
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