Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code 17.029 – Service On Inmate of Texas Department of Criminal Justice
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(a) In this section, “inmate” means a person confined in a facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
(b) In a civil action against an inmate, citation or other civil process may be served on the inmate by serving a person designated under Subsection (c) as an agent for service of civil process.
Terms Used In Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code 17.029
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Justice: when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) The warden of each facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall designate an employee at the facility to serve as an agent for service of civil process on inmates confined in the facility.
(d) An employee designated under Subsection (c) as an agent for service of civil process shall promptly deliver any civil process served on the employee to the appropriate inmate.