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Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 23.18

REPLACEMENT OF ASSIGNEE

Acts 1967, 60th Leg., p. 2343, ch. 785, Sec. 1.

(a) A county or district court of the county in which the assignee resides shall remove or replace the assignee on application of the assigning debtor or a creditor, or on its own motion,

(1) if the court is satisfied that the assignee has not executed and filed the bond required by Sections 23.16(c) and (d) of this code;

(2) if the assignee refuses or fails to serve for any reason; or

(3) for good cause.

(b) On removal, resignation, or death of the assignee, the court shall appoint in writing a new assignee in term time or vacation.

(c) As soon as the new assignee executes and files a bond as required by Sections 23.16(c) and (d) of this code, he shall take possession of the assigned estate and carry out the assignment.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.