Tex. Finance Code § 276.002
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 276.002, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 276.002. GARNISHMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTION ACCOUNT.
Official statutory text
(a) Notwithstanding the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, if a financial institution fails to timely file an answer to a writ of garnishment issued before or after a judgment is rendered in the case, a court may enter a default judgment against the financial institution solely as to the existence of liability and not as to the amount of damages.
(b) A financial institution against which a default judgment is entered under Subsection (a) is not deemed to have in the financial institution's possession or to have knowledge of sufficient debts, assets, or personal effects of the debtor to satisfy the debtor's obligations to the garnishor.
(c) After a default judgment is entered against a financial institution as to the existence of liability as provided by Subsection (a), the garnishor has the burden to establish the amount of actual damages proximately caused to the garnishor by the financial institution's default.
(d) The court may award to the garnishor:
(1) damages in the amount determined under Subsection (c); and
(2) for good cause shown, reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the garnishor in establishing damages under Subsection (c).
(e) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 7 (H.B. 16), Sec. 12.11(3), eff. December 4, 2025.
(b) A financial institution against which a default judgment is entered under Subsection (a) is not deemed to have in the financial institution's possession or to have knowledge of sufficient debts, assets, or personal effects of the debtor to satisfy the debtor's obligations to the garnishor.
(c) After a default judgment is entered against a financial institution as to the existence of liability as provided by Subsection (a), the garnishor has the burden to establish the amount of actual damages proximately caused to the garnishor by the financial institution's default.
(d) The court may award to the garnishor:
(1) damages in the amount determined under Subsection (c); and
(2) for good cause shown, reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the garnishor in establishing damages under Subsection (c).
(e) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 7 (H.B. 16), Sec. 12.11(3), eff. December 4, 2025.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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