Sec. 231.118. SERVICE OF CITATION. (a) The Title IV-D agency may contract with private process servers to serve a citation, a subpoena, an order, or any other document required or appropriate under law to be served a party.
(b) For the purposes of Rule 103 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, a person who serves a citation or any other document under this section is authorized to serve the document without a written court order authorizing the service.
(c) Issuance and return of the process shall be made in accordance with law and shall be verified by the person serving the document.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 54, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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