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Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 7.003

LIABILITY REGARDING EXECUTION OF WRITS

Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Bowles v. Clipp (1996)

Most recently applied in Dallas County Constable Precinct No. 5 v. Garden City Boxing Club, Inc. (April 2007)

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff

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(a) Except as provided by Section 34.061, an officer is not liable for damages resulting from the execution of a writ issued by a court of this state if the officer in good faith executes or attempts to execute the writ as provided by law and by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

(b) An officer shall execute a writ issued by a court of this state without requiring that bond be posted for the indemnification of the officer.

(c) An officer shows that the officer acted in good faith when the officer shows that a reasonably prudent officer, under the same or similar circumstances, could have believed that the officer's conduct was justified based on the information the officer possessed when the conduct occurred.

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