# Texas — Process server licensing and bond requirements by US state — who must be licensed to serve legal papers, and the dollar bond or insurance figure the statute sets, quoted from the statute itself

For Texas, when regulation applies is Process including citation and other notices, writs, orders, and other papers issued by the court may be served anywhere by (1) any sheriff or constable or other person authorized by law, (2) any person authorized by law or by written order of the court who is not less than eighteen years of age, or (3) any person certified by the Judicial Branch Certification Commission; statute is Tex. R. Civ. P. 103, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Texas _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **When regulation applies:** Process including citation and other notices, writs, orders, and other papers issued by the court may be served anywhere by (1) any sheriff or constable or other person authorized by law, (2) any person authorized by law or by written order of the court who is not less than eighteen years of age, or (3) any person certified by the Judicial Branch Certification Commission. _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute:** Tex. R. Civ. P. 103 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Process including citation and other notices, writs, orders, and other papers issued by the court may be served anywhere by (1) any sheriff or constable or other person authorized by law, (2) any person authorized by law or by written order of the court who is not less than eighteen years of age, or (3) any person certified by the Judicial Branch Certification Commission.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### When regulation applies

> Process including citation and other notices, writs, orders, and other papers issued by the court may be served anywhere by (1) any sheriff or constable or other person authorized by law, (2) any person authorized by law or by written order of the court who is not less than eighteen years of age, or (3) any person certified by the Judicial Branch Certification Commission.

### Statute

> RULE 103. WHO MAY SERVE

## Source

- https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1462349/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2028-09-01.
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