Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Mexico

Civil Process -Mexican (filed) cases

Does Texas have a jursidictional right to served civil process documents w/i the state of Texas? The case is filed in Mexico, it's brought to us (law enforcement office) to serve a person living in a county in Texas.


Asked on 3/17/04, 5:30 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Charles Aspinwall Charles S. Aspinwall, J.D., LLC

Re: Civil Process -Mexican (filed) cases

The question appears to be whether or not a law enforcement agency may legally serve process from Mexico upon a Texas resident within the State of Texas? Answer: Yes, of course. Serving documents does not mean the agency is putting its stamp of approval on the papers - the agency does not sit in judgment of the legality of the papers - that will be up to the courts.

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Answered on 3/18/04, 7:56 am


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