Tex. Est. Code § 51.055 · Subchapter B. METHODS OF SERVING CITATION OR NOTICE; PERSONS TO BE SERVED
SERVICE ON PARTY'S ATTORNEY OF RECORD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If a party is represented by an attorney of record in a probate proceeding, each citation or notice required to be served on the party in that proceeding shall be served instead on that attorney. A notice under this subsection may be served by delivery to the attorney in person or by a qualified delivery method.
(b) A notice may be served on an attorney of record under this section by:
(1) another party to the proceeding;
(2) the attorney of record for another party to the proceeding;
(3) the appropriate sheriff or constable; or
(4) any other person competent to testify.
(c) Each of the following is prima facie evidence of the fact that service has been made under this section:
(1) the written statement of an attorney of record showing service;
(2) the return of the officer showing service; and
(3) the affidavit of any other person showing service.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 205 (S.B. 1373), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- 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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- 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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