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

Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 34.073: TRANSFER OF WRIT; NO DUTY TO LEVY OUTSIDE OF COUNTY.

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  1. CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE
  2. TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL
  3. SUBTITLE C. JUDGMENTS
  4. CHAPTER 34. EXECUTION ON JUDGMENTS
  5. SUBCHAPTER D. DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF EXECUTING OFFICER

(a) An officer receiving a writ may transfer the writ to another officer in another precinct, or to another law enforcement agency authorized to perform executions, within the county of the first officer who received the writ.

(b) An officer does not have a duty to levy on or sell property not within the officer's county, unless it is real property that is partially in the officer's county and partially within a contiguous county.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 421 (S.B. 1269), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2007.

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

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