Tex. Est. Code § 51.101 · Subchapter C. RETURN AND PROOF OF SERVICE OF CITATION OR NOTICE
REQUIREMENTS FOR RETURN ON CITATION OR NOTICE SERVED BY PERSONAL SERVICE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The return of the person serving a citation or notice under Section 51.051 must:
(1) be endorsed on or attached to the citation or notice;
(2) state the date and place of service;
(3) certify that a copy of the citation or notice was delivered to the person directed to be served;
(4) be subscribed and sworn to before, and under the hand and official seal of, an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take an affidavit; and
(5) be returned to the county clerk who issued the citation or notice.
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
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.51.htm
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