{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-62.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 62.001","heading":"GROUNDS.","body":"A writ of sequestration is available to a plaintiff in a suit if:\n(1) the suit is for title or possession of personal property or fixtures or for foreclosure or enforcement of a mortgage, lien, or security interest on personal property or fixtures and a reasonable conclusion may be drawn that there is immediate danger that the defendant or the party in possession of the property will conceal, dispose of, ill-treat, waste, or destroy the property or remove it from the county during the suit;\n(2) the suit is for title or possession of real property or for foreclosure or enforcement of a mortgage or lien on real property and a reasonable conclusion may be drawn that there is immediate danger that the defendant or the party in possession of the property will use his possession to injure or ill-treat the property or waste or convert to his own use the timber, rents, fruits, or revenue of the property;\n(3) the suit is for the title or possession of property from which the plaintiff has been ejected by force or violence; or\n(4) the suit is to try the title to real property, to remove a cloud from the title of real property, to foreclose a lien on real property, or to partition real property and the plaintiff makes an oath that one or more of the defendants is a nonresident of this state.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 3. EXTRAORDINARY REMEDIES","CHAPTER 62. SEQUESTRATION","SUBCHAPTER A. AVAILABILITY OF REMEDY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.62.htm#62.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"bbd515ff64df5d6ae3893ca172df4403b009b3570b3edc7d133b73a578781ffd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-61.082","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-62.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}