GARNISHMENT OF FUNDS HELD IN INMATE TRUST FUND
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Kerrville State Hospital v. Fernandez (2000)
Most recently applied in Lewisville Independent School District v. CH Townhomes, Inc. (April 2011)
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1409, Sec. 6, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) A writ of garnishment may be issued against an inmate trust fund held under the authority of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under Section 501.014, Government Code, to encumber money that is held for the benefit of an inmate in the fund.
(b) The state's sovereign immunity to suit is waived only to the extent necessary to authorize a garnishment action in accordance with this section.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.