Service by sheriff or other executing officer
Sec. 28. If the defendant and the defendant's attorney are not
present in open court when the order of possession is issued under
this chapter, sufficient copies of the order shall be delivered to the
sheriff or other executing officer. The executing officer shall,
without delay, serve upon the defendant a copy of the order of
possession:
(1) by delivering the order of possession to:
(A) the defendant personally; or
(B) the defendant's agent from whose possession the
property is taken;
(2) if the defendant or the defendant's agent cannot be found, by
leaving it at the usual place of abode of either with some person
of suitable age and discretion; or
(3) if neither the defendant nor the defendant's agent has any
known usual place of abode, by mailing it to the defendant's last
known address.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.20.
Last modified: May 24, 2006