{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-22.0042","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 22.0042","heading":"RULES REGARDING EXEMPTIONS FROM SEIZURE OF PROPERTY; FORM.","body":"(a) The supreme court shall adopt rules that:\n(1) establish a simple and expedited procedure for a judgment debtor to assert an exemption to the seizure of personal property by a judgment creditor or a receiver appointed under Section 31.002, Civil Practice and Remedies Code;\n(2) require a court to stay a proceeding, for a reasonable period, to allow for the assertion of an exemption under Subdivision (1); and\n(3) require a court to promptly set a hearing and stay proceedings until a hearing is held, if a judgment debtor timely asserts an exemption under Subdivision (1).\n(b) Rules adopted under this section shall require the provision of a notice in plain language to a judgment debtor regarding the right of the judgment debtor to assert one or more exemptions under Subsection (a)(1). The notice must:\n(1) be in English with an integrated Spanish translation that can be readily understood by the public and the court;\n(2) include the form promulgated under Subsection (c);\n(3) list all exemptions under state and federal law to the seizure of personal property; and\n(4) provide information for accessing free or low-cost legal assistance.\n(c) Rules adopted under this section shall include the promulgation of a form in plain language for asserting an exemption under Subsection (a)(1). A form promulgated under this subsection must:\n(1) be in English with an integrated Spanish translation that can be readily understood by the public and the court; and\n(2) include instructions for the use of the form.\n(d) A court shall accept a form promulgated under Subsection (c) unless the form has been completed in a manner that causes a substantive defect that cannot be cured.\nAdded by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 934 (H.B. 3774), Sec. 15.01, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. COURTS","CHAPTER 22. APPELLATE COURTS","SUBCHAPTER A. SUPREME COURT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.22.htm#22.0042","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"38c46dc1f88a7bdd8ac3c0dba66015cb6a3e5ddadded0a140941b6b4a4dcb5ce","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-22.0041","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-22.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}