A person must bring suit against a sheriff or other officer or the surety of the sheriff or officer for failure to return an execution issued in the person's favor, not later than five years after the date on which the execution was returnable.
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.007
RETURN OF EXECUTION
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.