Texas § FA.231.118 - SERVICE OF CITATION
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§ FA.231.118. SERVICE OF CITATION
SERVICE OF CITATION. (a) The Title IV-D agency may contract with private process servers to serve a citation, a subpoena, an order, or any other document required or appropriate under law to be served a party. (b) For the purposes of Rule 103 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, a person who serves a citation or any other document under this section is authorized to serve the document without a written court order authorizing the service. (c) Issuance and return of the process shall be made in accordance with law and shall be verified by the person serving the document. (d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c) or any other law or rule, a return of the process made under this section in a suit may not include the address served and the court shall consider due process requirements for notice and service of process to be met with respect to a party if: (1) a pleading filed in the suit requests a finding under Section 105.006 (c); or (2) the court has previously made a finding and ordered nondisclosure under Section 105.006 (c) relating to the party and the order has not been superseded. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 54, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 699 (H.B. 2048 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 61 (S.B. 1403 ), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2025.
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Section FA.231.118 ("SERVICE OF CITATION") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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