Tex. Property Code § 52.023
This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 52.023, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.
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§ 52.023. NOTICE OF APPLICATION.
Official statutory text
(a) Notice of the application for the order and copies of the papers on which application is made must be served on the judgment creditor or his attorney of record in the action in which the judgment was rendered.
(b) If the residence or place of business of the judgment creditor or his attorney is known, notice must be served in the manner prescribed for service of notice in an action.
(c) As an alternative to service under Subsection (b), the court may order that notice of the application be published in a newspaper designated in the order once a week for not more than three consecutive weeks if the applicant proves by affidavit that:
(1) the address of neither the judgment creditor nor his attorney is known and the address of neither can be ascertained by due diligence; or
(2) the judgment creditor is not a resident of this state and his attorney is dead, removed from the state, or unknown.
(b) If the residence or place of business of the judgment creditor or his attorney is known, notice must be served in the manner prescribed for service of notice in an action.
(c) As an alternative to service under Subsection (b), the court may order that notice of the application be published in a newspaper designated in the order once a week for not more than three consecutive weeks if the applicant proves by affidavit that:
(1) the address of neither the judgment creditor nor his attorney is known and the address of neither can be ascertained by due diligence; or
(2) the judgment creditor is not a resident of this state and his attorney is dead, removed from the state, or unknown.
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