Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 86.023 · Subchapter C. POWERS AND DUTIES
COLLECTION LIABILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If, for collection, a constable receives a bond, bill, note, or account from any person and the constable gives a receipt in an official capacity for the instrument or account, the constable and the constable's sureties are liable under the constable's bond for the amount collected if the constable fails to pay the amount on demand to the person for whom the constable made the collection.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.86.htm
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- sha256 208630785b6c5b0835a905d03317cb50942edafa78ce9afcb19eb47f338f38dc
- 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
Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 86.023. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Civil Practice and Remedies Code
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 34.068RULES GOVERNING ACTIONS UNDER THIS CHAPTER.Printed as Section 86.023, Local Government Code
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 34.069PAYMENT OF DAMAGES.Printed as Section 86.023, Local Government Code
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 34.070RIGHT OF SUBROGATION.Printed as Section 86.023, Local Government Code
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