Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 140A.053
This is the official text of Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 140A.053, part of Texas’s Civil Practice and Remedies Code — sets procedural rules and available remedies for civil lawsuits.
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§ 140A.053. CONTENTS OF DEMAND.
Official statutory text
(a) A civil investigative demand issued under Section 140A.052 must:
(1) describe the nature of the activities that are the subject of the investigation;
(2) state each statute the activity violates; and
(3) advise the person on whom the demand is served that the person has the right to object to the demand as provided for in this subchapter.
(b) A demand for production of documentary material must:
(1) describe the class of material to be produced with reasonable specificity so that the material demanded is fairly identified;
(2) prescribe a return date that provides a reasonable period of time within which the material is to be produced; and
(3) identify the individual to whom the material is to be made available for inspection and copying.
(c) A demand for answers to written interrogatories must:
(1) propound the interrogatories with definiteness and certainty;
(2) prescribe a date by which answers to the interrogatories must be submitted; and
(3) identify the individual to whom the answers should be submitted.
(d) Each demand for the giving of oral testimony must:
(1) prescribe a reasonable date, time, and place at which the testimony will begin; and
(2) identify the individual who will conduct the examination.
(1) describe the nature of the activities that are the subject of the investigation;
(2) state each statute the activity violates; and
(3) advise the person on whom the demand is served that the person has the right to object to the demand as provided for in this subchapter.
(b) A demand for production of documentary material must:
(1) describe the class of material to be produced with reasonable specificity so that the material demanded is fairly identified;
(2) prescribe a return date that provides a reasonable period of time within which the material is to be produced; and
(3) identify the individual to whom the material is to be made available for inspection and copying.
(c) A demand for answers to written interrogatories must:
(1) propound the interrogatories with definiteness and certainty;
(2) prescribe a date by which answers to the interrogatories must be submitted; and
(3) identify the individual to whom the answers should be submitted.
(d) Each demand for the giving of oral testimony must:
(1) prescribe a reasonable date, time, and place at which the testimony will begin; and
(2) identify the individual who will conduct the examination.
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