Texas Civil Practice And Remedies Code Title 2, Chapter 17 - Parties; Citation; Long-arm Jurisdiction
SUBCHAPTER A PARTIES TO SUIT
- Texas Section 17.001 - Suit On Contract With Several Obligors Or Parties Conditionally Liable
(a) Except as provided by this section, the acceptor of a bill of exchange or a principal obligor on a contract may be sued alone...
- Texas Section 17.002 - Suit Against Estate For Land Title
In a suit against the estate of a decedent involving the title to real property, the executor or administrator, if any, and the heirs must...
- Texas Section 17.003 - Suit Against Nonresident Or Transient Property Owner
For the purpose of establishing title to property, settling a lien or encumbrance on property, or determining an estate, interest, lien, or encumbrance, a person...
- Texas Section 17.004 - Suit Against Unknown Heirs Or Unknown Stockholders Of Defunct Corporation
A person with a claim against property that has accrued to or been granted to the unknown heirs of a deceased individual or the unknown...
SUBCHAPTER B CITATION GENERALLY
- Texas Section 17.005 - Suit Against Unknown Landowner
(a) A person may sue the unknown owner or claimant of an interest in land if: (1) the person bringing suit claims ownership of an...
- Texas Section 17.021 - Service On Certain Noncorporate Business Agents
(a) In an action against an individual, partnership, or unincorporated association that arises in a county in which the individual, partnership, or association has an...
- Texas Section 17.022 - Service On Partnership
Citation served on one member of a partnership authorizes a judgment against the partnership and the partner actually served. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959,...
- Texas Section 17.023 - Service On Joint-stock Association
(a) In an action against a joint-stock association, citation may be served by: (1) serving the president, vice-president, secretary, cashier, assistant cashier, or treasurer of...
- Texas Section 17.024 - Service On Political Subdivision
(a) In a suit against a county, citation must be served on the county judge. (b) In a suit against an incorporated city, town, or...
- Texas Section 17.025 - Assessment Of Postage Cost For Mail Service
(a) If a public official is required or permitted by law to serve legal process by mail, including process in a suit for delinquent taxes,...
- Texas Section 17.026 - Service On Secretary Of State
(a) In an action in which citation may be served on the secretary of state, service may be made by certified mail, return receipt requested,...
- Texas Section 17.027 - Preparation And Service
(a) The plaintiff or his attorney may prepare the appropriate citation for the defendant. (b) The citation must be in the form prescribed by the...
- Texas Section 17.028 - Service On Financial Institutions
(a) In this section, "financial institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 201.101, Finance Code. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), citation may be...
- Texas Section 17.029 - Service On Inmate Of Texas Department Of Criminal Justice
(a) In this section, "inmate" means a person confined in a facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. (b)...
- Texas Section 17.030 - Return Of Service
(a) The supreme court shall adopt rules of civil procedure requiring a person who serves process to complete a return of service. (b) The rules:...
SUBCHAPTER C LONG-ARM JURISDICTION IN SUIT ON BUSINESS TRANSACTION OR TORT
- Texas Section 17.031 - Expedited Foreclosure Proceedings
For a power of sale exercised by the filing of an application for an expedited court order allowing the foreclosure of a contract lien under...
- Texas Section 17.041 - Definition
In this subchapter, "nonresident" includes: (1) an individual who is not a resident of this state; and (2) a foreign corporation, joint-stock company, association, or...
- Texas Section 17.042 - Acts Constituting Business In This State
In addition to other acts that may constitute doing business, a nonresident does business in this state if the nonresident: (1) contracts by mail or...
- Texas Section 17.043 - Service On Person In Charge Of Business
In an action arising from a nonresident's business in this state, process may be served on the person in charge, at the time of service,...
- Texas Section 17.044 - Substituted Service On Secretary Of State
(a) The secretary of state is an agent for service of process or complaint on a nonresident who: (1) is required by statute to designate...
SUBCHAPTER D LONG-ARM JURISDICTION OVER NONRESIDENT MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR
- Texas Section 17.045 - Notice To Nonresident
(a) If the secretary of state is served with duplicate copies of process for a nonresident, the documents shall contain a statement of the name...
- Texas Section 17.061 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Agent" includes a servant, employee, heir, legal representative, executor, administrator, or guardian. (2) "Chairman" means the chairman of the Texas Transportation...
- Texas Section 17.062 - Substituted Service On Chairman Of Texas Transportation Commission
(a) The chairman of the Texas Transportation Commission is an agent for service of process on a person who is a nonresident or an agent...
- Texas Section 17.063 - Method Of Service; Notice To Nonresident
(a) A certified copy of the process must be served on the chairman not later than the 20th day prior to the date of return...
- Texas Section 17.064 - Same Effect As Personal Service
Service on the chairman has the same effect as personal service on the nonresident. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
- Texas Section 17.065 - Failed Substituted Service
(a) If the notice of service on the chairman cannot be effected by registered or certified mail or if the nonresident or agent refuses to...
- Texas Section 17.066 - Return
An officer who serves process on the chairman under this subchapter shall state on his return the day and hour of service and any other...
- Texas Section 17.067 - Default Judgment
If process is served on the chairman under this subchapter, a court may not grant default judgment against the defendant before the 21st day after...
- Texas Section 17.068 - Continuance Or Postponement
A court may continue or postpone an action in which process is served under this subchapter as necessary to afford the defendant reasonable opportunity to...
SUBCHAPTER E CITATION OF NONRESIDENTS--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 17.069 - Chairman's Certificate
(a) On request of any party and payment of a $25 fee, the chairman shall certify the occurrence or performance of any duty, act, omission,...
- Texas Section 17.091 - Substituted Service In Delinquent Tax Cases
(a) In a suit to collect delinquent property taxes by the state or a political subdivision of the state in which a defendant in the...
- Texas Section 17.092 - Service On Nonresident Utility Supplier
A nonresident individual or partnership that supplies gas, water, electricity, or other public utility service to a city, town, or village in this state may...
- Texas Section 17.093 - Service On Foreign Railway
In addition to other methods of service provided by law, process may be served on a foreign railway by serving: (1) a train conductor who:...
Last modified: September 28, 2016