Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 17.065
This is the official text of Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 17.065, part of Texas’s Civil Practice and Remedies Code — sets procedural rules and available remedies for civil lawsuits.
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§ 17.065. FAILED SUBSTITUTED SERVICE.
Official statutory text
(a) If the notice of service on the chairman cannot be effected by registered or certified mail or if the nonresident or agent refuses to accept delivery of the notice, the plaintiff may have the defendant personally served with a certified copy of the process and a notice stating that the chairman has been served and the date on which he was served.
(b) The return of service under this section must:
(1) state when it was served;
(2) state on whom it was served; and
(3) be signed under penalty of perjury by the party making the service.
(c) The process and notice may be served by any disinterested person competent to make an oath that the process and notice were served.
(b) The return of service under this section must:
(1) state when it was served;
(2) state on whom it was served; and
(3) be signed under penalty of perjury by the party making the service.
(c) The process and notice may be served by any disinterested person competent to make an oath that the process and notice were served.
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