Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 7.003 · Subchapter A. LIABILITY OF OFFICER
LIABILITY REGARDING EXECUTION OF WRITS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Section 34.061, an officer is not liable for damages resulting from the execution of a writ issued by a court of this state if the officer in good faith executes or attempts to execute the writ as provided by law and by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
(b) An officer shall execute a writ issued by a court of this state without requiring that bond be posted for the indemnification of the officer.
(c) An officer shows that the officer acted in good faith when the officer shows that a reasonably prudent officer, under the same or similar circumstances, could have believed that the officer's conduct was justified based on the information the officer possessed when the conduct occurred.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 421 (S.B. 1269), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.7.htm
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