{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-17.024","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 17.024","heading":"SERVICE ON POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.","body":"(a) In a suit against a county, citation must be served on the county judge.\n(b) In a suit against an incorporated city, town, or village, citation may be served on the mayor, clerk, secretary, or treasurer.\n(c) In a suit against a school district, citation may be served on the president of the school board or on the superintendent.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["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"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.17.htm#17.024","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"67aa679105062b8c0b006908b70a82715c20074aa23b12e215d2dbf7d1e5537b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-17.023","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-17.025"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}