Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code
§ 62.001 — GROUNDS
CP § 62.001Title 3. EXTRAORDINARY REMEDIES · Ch. 62. SEQUESTRATION · Art. A. AVAILABILITY OF REMEDY
Statute text
View on sourceA writ of sequestration is available to a plaintiff in a suit if:
(1)the suit is for title or possession of personal property or fixtures or for foreclosure or enforcement of a mortgage, lien, or security interest on personal property or fixtures and a reasonable conclusion may be drawn that there is immediate danger that the defendant or the party in possession of the property will conceal, dispose of, ill-treat, waste, or destroy the property or remove it from the county during the suit;
(2)the suit is for title or possession of real property or for foreclosure or enforcement of a mortgage or lien on real property and a reasonable conclusion may be drawn that there is immediate danger that the defendant or the party in possession of the property will use his possession to injure or ill-treat the property or waste or convert to his own use the timber, rents, fruits, or revenue of the property;
(3)the suit is for the title or possession of property from which the plaintiff has been ejected by force or violence; or
(4)the suit is to try the title to real property, to remove a cloud from the title of real property, to foreclose a lien on real property, or to partition real property and the plaintiff makes an oath that one or more of the defendants is a nonresident of this state.
Legislative history
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.