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

Tex. Estates Code § 51.101: REQUIREMENTS FOR RETURN ON CITATION OR NOTICE SERVED BY PERSONAL SERVICE.

Where this section sits in the code

ESTATES CODE
TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY
SUBTITLE B. PROCEDURAL MATTERS
CHAPTER 51. NOTICES AND PROCESS IN PROBATE PROCEEDINGS IN GENERAL
SUBCHAPTER C. RETURN AND PROOF OF SERVICE OF CITATION OR NOTICE

The return of the person serving a citation or notice under Section 51.051 must:

(1) be endorsed on or attached to the citation or notice;

(2) state the date and place of service;

(3) certify that a copy of the citation or notice was delivered to the person directed to be served;

(4) be subscribed and sworn to before, and under the hand and official seal of, an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take an affidavit; and

(5) be returned to the county clerk who issued the citation or notice.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.

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

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