Tex. Government Code § 22.0042: RULES REGARDING EXEMPTIONS FROM SEIZURE OF PROPERTY; FORM.

(a) The supreme court shall adopt rules that:

(1) establish a simple and expedited procedure for a judgment debtor to assert an exemption to the seizure of personal property by a judgment creditor or a receiver appointed under Section 31.002, Civil Practice and Remedies Code;

(2) require a court to stay a proceeding, for a reasonable period, to allow for the assertion of an exemption under Subdivision (1); and

(3) require a court to promptly set a hearing and stay proceedings until a hearing is held, if a judgment debtor timely asserts an exemption under Subdivision (1).

(b) Rules adopted under this section shall require the provision of a notice in plain language to a judgment debtor regarding the right of the judgment debtor to assert one or more exemptions under Subsection (a)(1). The notice must:

(1) be in English with an integrated Spanish translation that can be readily understood by the public and the court;

(2) include the form promulgated under Subsection (c);

(3) list all exemptions under state and federal law to the seizure of personal property; and

(4) provide information for accessing free or low-cost legal assistance.

(c) Rules adopted under this section shall include the promulgation of a form in plain language for asserting an exemption under Subsection (a)(1). A form promulgated under this subsection must:

(1) be in English with an integrated Spanish translation that can be readily understood by the public and the court; and

(2) include instructions for the use of the form.

(d) A court shall accept a form promulgated under Subsection (c) unless the form has been completed in a manner that causes a substantive defect that cannot be cured.

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 934 (H.B. 3774), Sec. 15.01, eff. September 1, 2021.