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Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 17.033: SUBSTITUTED SERVICE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE.
Where this section sits in the code
- CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE
- TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL
- SUBTITLE B. TRIAL MATTERS
- CHAPTER 17. PARTIES; CITATION; LONG-ARM JURISDICTION
- SUBCHAPTER B. CITATION GENERALLY
(a) If substituted service of citation is authorized under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the court, in accordance with the rules adopted by the supreme court under Subsection (b), may prescribe as a method of service an electronic communication sent to the defendant through a social media presence.
(b) The supreme court shall adopt rules to provide for the substituted service of citation by an electronic communication sent to a defendant through a social media presence.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 606 (S.B. 891), Sec. 10.04(a), eff. June 1, 2020.
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