{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-17.029","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 17.029","heading":"SERVICE ON INMATE OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.","body":"(a) In this section, \"inmate\" means a person confined in a facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.\n(b) In a civil action against an inmate, citation or other civil process may be served on the inmate by serving a person designated under Subsection (c) as an agent for service of civil process.\n(c) The warden of each facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall designate an employee at the facility to serve as an agent for service of civil process on inmates confined in the facility.\n(d) An employee designated under Subsection (c) as an agent for service of civil process shall promptly deliver any civil process served on the employee to the appropriate inmate.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 267 (H.B. 1381), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.","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#17.029","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"4a29112a6a9a52f82b2a2868613af1208f513a1ff0dc668178ca31295a39a42c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-17.028","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-17.030"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}