Tex. Estates Code § 51.101
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 51.101, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 51.101. REQUIREMENTS FOR RETURN ON CITATION OR NOTICE SERVED BY PERSONAL SERVICE.
Official statutory text
The return of the person serving a citation or notice under Section 51.051 must:
(1) be endorsed on or attached to the citation or notice;
(2) state the date and place of service;
(3) certify that a copy of the citation or notice was delivered to the person directed to be served;
(4) be subscribed and sworn to before, and under the hand and official seal of, an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take an affidavit; and
(5) be returned to the county clerk who issued the citation or notice.
(1) be endorsed on or attached to the citation or notice;
(2) state the date and place of service;
(3) certify that a copy of the citation or notice was delivered to the person directed to be served;
(4) be subscribed and sworn to before, and under the hand and official seal of, an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take an affidavit; and
(5) be returned to the county clerk who issued the citation or notice.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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