Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 61.002
SPECIFIC GROUNDS
Texas · Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 61.002, SPECIFIC GROUNDS, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/632485
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Attachment is available if:
(1) the defendant is not a resident of this state or is a foreign corporation or is acting as such;
(2) the defendant is about to move from this state permanently and has refused to pay or secure the debt due the plaintiff;
(3) the defendant is in hiding so that ordinary process of law cannot be served on him;
(4) the defendant has hidden or is about to hide his property for the purpose of defrauding his creditors;
(5) the defendant is about to remove his property from this state without leaving an amount sufficient to pay his debts;
(6) the defendant is about to remove all or part of his property from the county in which the suit is brought with the intent to defraud his creditors;
(7) the defendant has disposed of or is about to dispose of all or part of his property with the intent to defraud his creditors;
(8) the defendant is about to convert all or part of his property into money for the purpose of placing it beyond the reach of his creditors; or
(9) the defendant owes the plaintiff for property obtained by the defendant under false pretenses.