Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 43.004
This is the official text of Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 43.004, part of Texas’s Civil Practice and Remedies Code — sets procedural rules and available remedies for civil lawsuits.
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§ 43.004. SUBROGATION RIGHTS OF SURETY.
Official statutory text
(a) A judgment is not discharged by a surety's payment of the judgment in whole or part if the payment:
(1) is compelled; or
(2) if made voluntarily, is applied to the judgment because of the suretyship relationship.
(b) A surety who pays on a judgment as described by Subsection (a) is subrogated to all of the judgment creditor's rights under the judgment. A subrogated surety is entitled to execution on the judgment against:
(1) the principal's property for the amount of the surety's payment, plus interest and costs; and
(2) if there is more than one surety, both the principal's property and the property of the cosurety or cosureties for the amount by which the surety's payment exceeds the surety's proportionate share of the judgment, plus interest and costs.
(c) A subrogated surety seeking execution on the judgment under Subsection (b) shall apply for execution to the clerk or court. The execution shall be levied, collected, and returned as in other cases.
(1) is compelled; or
(2) if made voluntarily, is applied to the judgment because of the suretyship relationship.
(b) A surety who pays on a judgment as described by Subsection (a) is subrogated to all of the judgment creditor's rights under the judgment. A subrogated surety is entitled to execution on the judgment against:
(1) the principal's property for the amount of the surety's payment, plus interest and costs; and
(2) if there is more than one surety, both the principal's property and the property of the cosurety or cosureties for the amount by which the surety's payment exceeds the surety's proportionate share of the judgment, plus interest and costs.
(c) A subrogated surety seeking execution on the judgment under Subsection (b) shall apply for execution to the clerk or court. The execution shall be levied, collected, and returned as in other cases.
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