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TEXAS RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE / RULE 115

TRCP 115: Form of published citation in actions involving land

The suit, land description, survey, county and special pleas in a published land citation.

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In citations by publication involving land, it shall be sufficient in making the brief statement of the claim in such citation to state the kind of suit, the number of acres of land involved in the suit, or the number of the lot and block, or any other plat description that may be of record if the land is situated in a city or town, the survey on which and the county in which the land is situated, and any special pleas which are relied upon in such suit.