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Tex. Estates Code § 51.101

REQUIREMENTS FOR RETURN ON CITATION OR NOTICE SERVED BY PERSONAL SERVICE

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Tex. Estates Code § 51.101, REQUIREMENTS FOR RETURN ON CITATION OR NOTICE SERVED BY PERSONAL SERVICE, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/623964
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The return of the person serving a citation or notice under Section 51.051 must: (1) be endorsed on or attached to the citation or notice; (2) state the date and place of service; (3) certify that a copy of the citation or notice was delivered to the person directed to be served; (4) be subscribed and sworn to before, and under the hand and official seal of, an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take an affidavit; and (5) be returned to the county clerk who issued the citation or notice.