Tex. Est. Code § 51.151 · Subchapter D. ALTERNATIVE MANNER OF ISSUANCE, SERVICE, AND RETURN
COURT-ORDERED ISSUANCE, SERVICE, AND RETURN UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A citation or notice required by this title shall be issued, served, and returned in the manner specified by written order of the court in accordance with this title and the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure if:
(1) an interested person requests that action;
(2) a specific method is not provided by this title for giving the citation or notice;
(3) a specific method is not provided by this title for the service and return of citation or notice; or
(4) a provision relating to a matter described by Subdivision (2) or (3) is inadequate.
(b) Citation or notice issued, served, and returned in the manner specified by a court order as provided by Subsection (a) has the same effect as if the manner of service and return had been specified by this title.
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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- 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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