{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-51.101","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 51.101","heading":"REQUIREMENTS FOR RETURN ON CITATION OR NOTICE SERVED BY PERSONAL SERVICE.","body":"The return of the person serving a citation or notice under Section 51.051 must:\n(1) be endorsed on or attached to the citation or notice;\n(2) state the date and place of service;\n(3) certify that a copy of the citation or notice was delivered to the person directed to be served;\n(4) be subscribed and sworn to before, and under the hand and official seal of, an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take an affidavit; and\n(5) be returned to the county clerk who issued the citation or notice.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE B. PROCEDURAL MATTERS","CHAPTER 51. NOTICES AND PROCESS IN PROBATE PROCEEDINGS IN GENERAL","SUBCHAPTER C. RETURN AND PROOF OF SERVICE OF CITATION OR NOTICE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.51.htm#51.101","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"f677beb7f1210711ca8d22a31b7b7799c57d777fee99cdd6f12417c2c3666f74","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-51.057","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-51.102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}