At any time before 10 a.m. on the Monday next after the expiration of 20 days after the date of service of the notice to designate, the judgment debtor may designate the homestead as defined in Section 41.002 by filing a written designation, signed by the judgment debtor, with the justice or clerk of the court from which the writ of execution was issued, together with a plat of the area designated.
Tex. Prop. Code § 41.022
DESIGNATION BY HOMESTEAD CLAIMANT
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Crowell v. Theodore Bender Accounting, Inc. (1998)
Most recently applied in In Re Kang (February 1999)
Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 840, Sec. 1, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.