Tex. R. Civ. P. 16 · 1. General Rules
SHALL ENDORSE ALL PROCESS
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — As posted by the Supreme Court of Texas (file dated October 2, 2026)
Every officer or authorized person shall endorse on all process and precepts coming to his hand the day and hour on which he received them, the manner in which he executed them, and the time and place the process was served and shall sign the returns officially.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
Notes and Comments
Comment to 1988 change: Article 3926a, effective September 1, 1981, authorizes the commissioner’s court of each county to set a “reasonable” fee for service of process; mileage is no longer an authorized expense for serving process.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Supreme Court of Texas (file dated October 2, 2026)
- Official file
- https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1463426/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf (PDF pages 25)
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- compose_tx_rules.py 2026-10-05: two PDF extractors agree character for character after the same chrome removal
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