Source: http://www.stcl.edu/lib/TexasRulesProject/TRCP621-656/rule6551941.htm
Timestamp: 2018-01-18 17:57:12
Document Index: 754417167

Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 3823', 'Art. 3824', 'Art. 3825', 'Art. 3826', 'Art. 3827', 'Art. 3829', 'Art. 3830']

Rule 655. Return of Execution by Mail (1941)
Rule 655. Return of Execution by Mail
When all execution is placed in the hands of an officer of a county other than the one in which the judgment is rendered, return may be made by mail; but money cannot be thus sent except by direction of the party entitled to receive the same or his attorney of record.
Source: Art. 3823, with minor textual change.
For context only: Art. 3824. Money To Be Paid Over. When an officer has collected money on execution, he shall pay the same to the party entitled thereto at the earliest opportunity. If an officer fails or refuses to pay money collected under an execution when demanded by the person entitled to receive the same, he shall be liable to pay to such person the amount so collected, with damages at the rate of five per cent per month thereon, besides interest and costs, which may be recovered of him and his sureties by the party entitled to receive the same on motion before the court from which said execution issued, five days previous notice thereon being given to said officer and his sureties.
For context only: Art. 3825. Failure to Levy or Sell. Should an officer fail or refuse to levy upon or sell any property subject to execution, when the same might have been done, he and his sureties shall be liable to the party entitled to receive the money collected on such execution for the full amount of the debt, interest and costs, to be recovered on motion before the court from which said execution issued, five days previous notice thereof being given to said officer and his sureties.
For context only: Art. 3826. Failure to Return Execution. Should an officer neglect or refuse to return any execution as required by law, or should he make a false return thereon, he and his sureties shall be liable to the party entitled to receive the money collected on such execution for the full amount of the debt, interest and costs, to be recovered as provided in the preceding article.
For context only: Art. 3827. Surplus To Be Paid to Defendant. If, on the sale of property, more money is received than is sufficient to pay the amount of the execution or executions in the hands of the officer, the surplus shall be immediately paid over to the defendant, his agent or attorney.
For context only: Art. 3829. Death of Defendant. The death of the defendant after the execution is issued shall operate as a super­sedeas thereof; but the lien, when one has been acquired by a levy, shall be recognized and enforced by the county court in the payment of the debts of the deceased.
For context only: Art. 3830. Death of Plaintiff. An execution shall not be abated by the death of the plaintiff therein after the execution has been issued, but shall be executed and returned in the same manner as if the plaintiff was still living.