Tex. Transportation Code § 286.066

This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 286.066, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.

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§ 286.066. NOTICE OF APPLICATION.

Official statutory text

(a) On the filing of an application under Section 286.065, the county clerk shall issue to the sheriff or a constable a notice that commands the sheriff or constable to summon the property owners named in the notice to:

(1) appear at the next regular term of the commissioners court; and

(2) show cause why the line or route designated in the application should not be declared a public road.

(b) Notice under this section:

(1) must contain the substance of the application filed under Section 286.065; and

(2) shall be served and returned in the same manner and for the same length of time as provided for the service of citation in a civil action in justice court.

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