Tex. R. Civ. P. 34 · 3. PARTIES TO SUITS
AGAINST SHERIFF, ETC.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — As posted by the Supreme Court of Texas (file dated October 2, 2026)
Whenever a sheriff, constable, or a deputy or either has been sued for damages for any act done in his official character, and has taken an indemnifying bond for the acts upon which the suit is based, he may make the principal and surety on such bond parties defendant in such suit, and the cause may be continued to obtain service on such parties.
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 43)
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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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