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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 31.0025: AUTHORITY OF COURT TO ORDER TURNOVER OF WAGES.

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  1. CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE
  2. TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL
  3. SUBTITLE C. JUDGMENTS
  4. CHAPTER 31. JUDGMENTS

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a court may not, at any time before a judgment debtor is paid wages for personal services performed by the debtor, enter or enforce an order that requires the debtor or any other person to turn over the wages for the satisfaction of the judgment.

(b) This section applies to wages in any form, including paycheck, cash, or property.

(c) This section does not apply to the enforcement of a child support obligation or a judgment for past due child support.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 671, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 26, 1991.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:00Z. Source file · JSON

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