Social Media Users Beware! 

Beginning December 31, 2020, the Texas Supreme Court will begin allowing defendants to be served electronically via social media. The Texas State Legislature enacted Senate Bill 891 which amended Section 17.033 of the Civil Practices and Remedies Code to allow substituted service of citation. This Bill required the Supreme Court to adopt rules to provide for the substituted service of citation by an electronic communication sent to a defendant through a social media...


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