TX · rules
Tex. R. Civ. P. 659
Case Docketed
When the foregoing requirements of these rules have been complied with, the judge, or clerk, or
justice of the peace, as the case may be, shall docket the case in the name of the plaintiff as plaintiff
and of the garnishee as defendant; and shall immediate ly issue a writ of garnishment directed to
the garnishee, commanding him to appear before the court out of which the same is issued at or
before 10 o'clock a.m. of the Monday next following the expiration of twenty days from the date
the writ was served, i f the writ is issued out of the district or county court; or the Monday next
after the expiration of ten days from the date the writ was served, if the writ is issued out of the
justice court. The writ shall command the garnishee to answer under oath upon such return date
what, if anything, he is indebted to the defendant, and was when the writ was served, and what
effects, if any, of the defendant he has in his possession, and had when such writ was served, and
what other persons, if any, within his knowle dge, are indebted to the defendant or have effects
belonging to him in their possession.
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- 2026-09-15
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- 2026-09-14
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