Requirements For Return On Citation Or Notice Served By Personal Service

Sec. 51.101. REQUIREMENTS FOR RETURN ON CITATION OR NOTICE SERVED BY PERSONAL SERVICE. 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. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.