Tex. Est. Code § 51.002 · Subchapter A. ISSUANCE AND FORM OF NOTICE OR PROCESS
DIRECTION OF WRIT OR OTHER PROCESS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A writ or other process other than a citation or notice must be directed "To any sheriff or constable within the State of Texas."
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a writ or other process other than a citation or notice may not be held defective because the process is directed to the sheriff or a constable of a named county if the process is properly served within that county by the sheriff or constable.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.51.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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