{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-61.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 61.003","heading":"PENDING SUIT REQUIRED.","body":"A writ of attachment may be issued in a proper case at the initiation of a suit or at any time during the progress of a suit, but may not be issued before a suit has been instituted.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 3. EXTRAORDINARY REMEDIES","CHAPTER 61. ATTACHMENT","SUBCHAPTER A. AVAILABILITY OF REMEDY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.61.htm#61.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"847fade14a20c2268a5ebb5be8f6ee40189516963133622f3be8613a55345c92","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-61.0021","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-61.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}