Texas Government Code

§ 22.0042 — RULES REGARDING EXEMPTIONS FROM SEIZURE OF PROPERTY; FORM

GV § 22.0042Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Part A. COURTS · Ch. 22. APPELLATE COURTS · Art. A. SUPREME COURT

Statute text

(a)The supreme court shall adopt rules that:

(1)establish a simple and expedited procedure for a judgment debtor to assert an exemption to the seizure of personal property by a judgment creditor or a receiver appointed under Section 31.002, Civil Practice and Remedies Code;

(2)require a court to stay a proceeding, for a reasonable period, to allow for the assertion of an exemption under Subdivision (1); and

(3)require a court to promptly set a hearing and stay proceedings until a hearing is held, if a judgment debtor timely asserts an exemption under Subdivision (1).

(b)Rules adopted under this section shall require the provision of a notice in plain language to a judgment debtor regarding the right of the judgment debtor to assert one or more exemptions under Subsection (a)(1). The notice must:

(1)be in English with an integrated Spanish translation that can be readily understood by the public and the court;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 934 (H.B. 3774), Sec. 15.01, eff. September 1, 2021.