Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 23.17
This is the official text of Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 23.17, part of Texas’s Business & Commerce Code — governs commercial transactions and general business practices.
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§ 23.17. NOTICE OF ASSIGNEE'S APPOINTMENT.
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(a) Within 30 days after an assignment is executed, the assignee shall publish notice of his appointment as assignee in a newspaper published in the county
(1) where the assigning debtor resides or where he operated his principal business before the assignment; or
(2) nearest the assigning debtor's residence or principal business if a newspaper is not published in the county of the assigning debtor's residence or principal business.
(b) The assignee shall publish notice of his appointment as assignee once each week for three consecutive weeks.
(c) The assignee shall notify by mail each of the assigning debtor's listed creditors of his appointment as assignee.
(1) where the assigning debtor resides or where he operated his principal business before the assignment; or
(2) nearest the assigning debtor's residence or principal business if a newspaper is not published in the county of the assigning debtor's residence or principal business.
(b) The assignee shall publish notice of his appointment as assignee once each week for three consecutive weeks.
(c) The assignee shall notify by mail each of the assigning debtor's listed creditors of his appointment as assignee.
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