Tex. Occ. Code § 1803.155 · Subchapter D. ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES
SERVICE ON SECRETARY OF STATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A service of process or pleading served on the secretary of state as the agent for a nonresident public safety solicitor, public safety entity, or public safety publication must be served in triplicate.
(b) The secretary of state shall file one copy in the secretary of state's office and immediately forward the other copies by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address of the nonresident, as shown on the nonresident's registration statement.
(c) Service on the secretary of state shall be returned not later than the 30th day after the date of service.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1803.htm
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