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House Bill 1804 |
House Author: Hughes |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Watson |
House Bill 1804 amends the Civil Practice and Remedies Code to make the provision designating the secretary of state as an agent for service of process on a defendant who is a nonresident in a suit to collect delinquent property taxes applicable regardless of whether the defendant has resided in Texas. The bill requires duplicate copies of the process to be served on the secretary of state not later than the 20th day before the date of return stated in the process, requires the process to include the name and address of the nonresident's home or home office, and requires the secretary of state, immediately after being served, to mail a copy of the process to the nonresident at that address and certify compliance with provisions relating to service of process to the court that issued the process.