Tex. Fin. Code § 396.352 · Subchapter H. CIVIL REMEDIES
SERVICE OF PROCESS OUTSIDE STATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A private child support enforcement agency that is located in another state or that engages in the business of child support enforcement in this state in violation of this chapter is considered to have submitted to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state with respect to an action brought under this chapter.
(b) A foreign agency engaging in business in this state in violation of this chapter is considered to have appointed the department as the agency's agent for service of process in any action, suit, or proceeding arising from a violation of this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1023, Sec. 73, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 20 (S.B. 614), Sec. 37, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.396.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 13f88eca3c2ebf7bfc84ff2c4ef1a68d27fa328f0702fe256ad887704fe4f6f7
- 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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