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Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 171.094

SERVICE OF PROCESS FOR INITIAL APPLICATION

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 5.01, eff

(a) On the filing of an initial application under this subchapter, the clerk of the court shall:

(1) issue process for service on each adverse party named in the application; and

(2) attach a copy of the application to the process.

(b) To the extent applicable, the process and service and the return of service must be in the form and include the substance required for process and service on a defendant in a civil action in a district court or the business court, as applicable.

(c) An authorized official may effect the service of process.

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