
Art. 22.05. CITATION AS IN CIVIL ACTIONS.  If service of 
citation is not waived under Article 22.03, a surety is entitled to 
notice by service of citation, the length of time and in the manner 
required in civil actions;  and the officer executing the citation 
shall return the same as in civil actions.  It shall not be 
necessary to give notice to the defendant unless he has furnished 
his address on the bond, in which event notice to the defendant 
shall be deposited in the United States mail directed to the 
defendant at the address shown on the bond.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.             

Amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 743, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 
2005.

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