Texas § HS.715.006 - SERVICE OF CITATION
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§ HS.715.006. SERVICE OF CITATION
SERVICE OF CITATION. (a) Before the 31st day after the date an action is commenced by a nonprofit corporation under this chapter, the nonprofit corporation shall cause citation to be issued and served by certified mail, return receipt requested, on: (1) the record owners of the real property comprising the cemetery at their last known addresses; (2) the owners of plots in the cemetery at their last known addresses; (3) the Texas Historical Commission at its office in Austin, Texas; and (4) the county auditor of the county in which the cemetery is located. (b) The citation must be accompanied by a copy of the petition. (c) Except as provided by Section 17.032 , Civil Practice and Remedies Code, if the address or identity of a plot owner is not known and cannot be ascertained with reasonable diligence, service by publication shall be made on the plot owner by publishing notice on the public information Internet website maintained as required by Section 72.034 , Government Code, and at least three times in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the cemetery is located. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 562, Sec. 41, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 124 (H.B. 1540 ), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 606 (S.B. 891 ), Sec. 10.12, eff. June 1, 2020.
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