Sec. 653. EXECUTION    


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  • An execution in a guardianship proceeding shall be directed "To any sheriff or any constable within the State of Texas," made returnable in 60 days, and attested and signed by the clerk officially under the seal of the court. A proceeding under an execution in a guardianship proceeding is governed so far as applicable by the laws regulating a proceeding under an execution issued from the district court. An execution directed to the sheriff or a constable of a specific county in this state may not be held defective if the execution was properly executed within the county by the officer to whom the direction for execution was given.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 957, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 , Sec. 3.02, eff. January 1, 2014. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1085 , Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2011.