Texas Collections Manual, 2025 ed.

Texas Collections Manual 2025 List of Forms

List of Forms by Title

A
Abstract of Judgment, 27-1
Additional Language to Foreclose Lien, 20-16
Affidavit and Lien Statement for Commercial Building Landlord’s Lien under Tex. Prop. Code § 54.022, 28-2
Affidavit Claiming Mechanic’s and Materialman’s Lien, 7-17
Affidavit Concerning Cost and Necessity of Services, 19-6
Affidavit—Filing of Foreign Judgment, 14-12
Affidavit for Citation by Publication, 16-12
Affidavit for Distress Warrant, 28-4
Affidavit for Emergency Sale of Attached Property [After Attachment], 8-24
Affidavit for Emergency Sale of Perishable Property [After Sequestration], 8-15
Affidavit for Emergency Sale of Perishable Property [Under Distress Warrant], 28-10
Affidavit for Immediate Issuance of Writ of Execution, 27-6
Affidavit for Prejudgment Writ of Garnishment, 8-2
Affidavit for Writ of Attachment, 8-18
Affidavit for Writ of Garnishment after Judgment, 27-12
Affidavit in Support of Motion for Relief from Automatic Stay, 35-11
Affidavit in Support of Service on Secretary of State, 16-11
Affidavit of [name of affiant] in Support of Application for Writ of Scire Facias to Revive Judgment, 27-38
Affidavit of [name of attorney] [For Attorney’s Fees], 20-4
Affidavit [Opposing Transfer], 15-2
Affidavit to Fix Worker’s Lien, 7-1
Agreed Judgment, 20-11
Agreed Order Providing for Adequate Protection of Collateral, 35-13
Application and Affidavit for Temporary Restraining Order and Temporary Injunction, 8-26
Application and Affidavit for Writ of Sequestration, 8-8
Application and Affidavit for Writ of Sequestration in Suit on Constitutional Lien on Personal Property, 7-25
Application and Affidavit for Writ of Sequestration
Application and Affidavit for Writ of Sequestration in Suit on Worker’s Lien, 7-3
Application for Charging Order, 27-25
Application for Distress Warrant, 28-3
Application for Emergency Sale of Perishable Property [After Attachment], 8-23
Application for Emergency Sale of Perishable Property [After Sequestration], 8-14
Application for Emergency Sale of Perishable Property [Under Distress Warrant], 28-9
Application for Foreclosure Sale of Mortgaged Property, 29-5
Application for Prejudgment Writ of Garnishment, 8-1
Application for Sale of Collateralized Property, 29-3
Application for Turnover Relief, 27-17
Application for Writ of Attachment, 8-17
Application for Writ of Garnishment after Judgment, 27-11
Application for Writ of Scire Facias to Revive Judgment, 27-37
Application to Confirm Arbitration Award, 14-23
Assignment of Judgment and Judgment Lien, 27-27
Authenticated Claim of [name of creditor], 29-1
B
Bond of Receiver, 27-22
Bond to Defendant for [Writ of Attachment/Writ of Sequestration/Writ of Prejudgment Garnishment], 8-4
Bond to Defendant for Distress Warrant, 28-6
Bond to Defendant for Injunction, 8-31
Business Records Affidavit, 19-3
C
Certificate of Last Known Email and Mailing Address, 20-2
Certificate of Mailing of Homestead Affidavit as Release of Judgment Lien, 27-30
Certificate of Service, 19-1
Charging Order, 27-26
Checklist, 35-1
Checklist of Deposition Topics, 26-21
Clauses for Party Designation—Association or Joint-Stock Company as Defendant, 14-21
Clauses for Party Designation—Corporation as Defendant, 14-18
Clauses for Party Designation—Individual as Defendant, 14-17
Clauses for Party Designation—Limited Liability Company as Defendant, 14-22
Clauses for Party Designation—Limited Partnership as Defendant, 14-20
Clauses for Party Designation—Partnership (including Limited Liability Partnership) as Defendant, 14-19
Clauses for Party Designation—Plaintiffs, 14-16
Client Information Sheet, 1-1
Client’s Authorization for Attorney to Receive Payments, 1-3
Conditional Waiver and Release on Final Payment (Pursuant to Tex. Prop. Code § 53.284), 7-28
Conditional Waiver and Release on Progress Payment (Pursuant to Tex. Prop. Code § 53.284), 7-26
Contempt Judgment, 26-15
Contingent Fee Contract, 1-2
Contractor’s Disbursement Disclosure for Residential Construction (Consumer-Owned), 7-22
Contractor’s Disclosure Statement for Residential Construction, 7-11
Contractor’s List of Subcontractors and Suppliers, 7-12
Contradicting Affidavit (Pursuant to Tex. Prop. Code § 52.0012), 27-31
Costs and Interest Rate Calculator, 20-17
Cover Letter Sending Copy of Lien Affidavit, 7-18
Creditor’s Motion to Allow Late Filing of Proof of Claim, 35-7
D
Decree Confirming Sale, 29-8
Default Judgment [Providing for Additional Attorney’s Fees for Unsuccessful Appeals], 20-5
Default Judgment [Remittitur], 20-6
Demand Letter—Commercial Debt, 4-1
Distress Warrant to Be Served on Defendant, 28-7
F
Final Judgment [After Partial Summary Judgment and Trial], 20-10
Final Summary Judgment, 20-8
[Final] Bills-Paid Affidavit List of Forms by Title
[Final] Bills-Paid Affidavit, 7-23
First Notice of Sale under Worker’s Possessory Lien [Property Other Than Motor Vehicle, Motorboat, Vessel, or
Outboard Motor], 7-4
Forbearance Agreement Letter, 1-7
G
Grounds for Summary Judgment—Breach of Contract, 19-15
Grounds for Summary Judgment—Consumer Charge Account, 19-13
Grounds for Summary Judgment—Guaranty, 19-12
Grounds for Summary Judgment—Oral Debt, 19-16
Grounds for Summary Judgment—Personal Property Lease, 19-14
Grounds for Summary Judgment—Promissory Note and Foreclosure, 19-11
Grounds for Summary Judgment—Sworn Account, 19-10
H
Homestead Affidavit as Release of Judgment Lien, 27-28
I
Instructions for Protected Property Claim Form (Bilingual), 27-35
J
Judgment, 14-24
Judgment [Based on Directed Verdict], 20-15
Judgment [Based on Jury Verdict], 20-14
Judgment [Bench Trial], 20-13
Judgment [On Foreign Judgment], 20-12
Judgment in Garnishment, 27-16
Judgment Nihil Dicit, 20-7
Judgment Reviving Dormant Judgment, 27-9
Jurat for Unsworn Declaration, 19-5

L
Letter from Judgment Debtor, 27-29
Letter Notifying Internal Revenue Service of Intention to Sell Collateral, 5-9
Letter Requesting Clerk to Issue and Serve Citation by Publication, 16-15
Letter Requiring Debtor to Assemble Collateral at Convenient Location, 5-2
Letter to Clerk Requesting Issuance of Citation by Publication, 16-13
Letter to Clerk Requesting Writ of Execution or Order of Sale, 27-5
Letter to Clerk Transmitting Motion for Substituted Service, 16-8
Letter to Client Explaining Judgment Lien, 27-2
Letter to Client Reporting That Judgment Cannot Be Collected, 27-4
Letter to Client—Suit Recommended, 1-5
Letter to Debtor Giving Notice of Acceleration, 5-6
Letter to Debtor Giving Notice of Default and Intent to Accelerate, 5-5
Letter to Debtor Giving Notice of Deficiency after Sale, 5-8
Letter to Debtor Giving Notice of Intent to Retain Collateral in Satisfaction of Debt, 5-10
Letter to Officer Transmitting Citation to Be Served by Publication, 16-14
Letter to Officer Transmitting Show-Cause Notice, Order, and Motion for Personal Service, 26-14
Letter to Officer Transmitting Writ of Execution or Order of Sale, 27-7
Letter to Postal Service Requesting Information Concerning Address for Service of Process, 3-1
Letter to Secretary of State, 16-10
Letter to Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Requesting Public Information, 6-1
Letter Transmitting Citation for Service on Secretary of State, 16-9
M
Model Validation Notice, 2-1
Motion for Appointment of Attorney Ad Litem, 16-16
Motion for Entry of Default Judgment, 20-1
Motion for Postjudgment Receivership, 27-19
Motion for Relief from Automatic Stay, 35-10
Motion for Substituted Service, 16-4
Motion for Allowance of Administrative Expense Claim List of Forms by Title
Motion of [name of creditor] for Allowance of Administrative Expense Claim under 11 U.S.C. § 503(B)(9),
35-22
Motion to Compel Answers to Interrogatories in Aid of Judgment, 26-9
Motion to Compel Assumption or Rejection of Lease and Payment of Administrative Claim, 35-19
Motion to Compel [name of respondent] to Give Deposition in Aid of Judgment, 26-19
Motion to Hold [name of respondent] in Contempt and for Show-Cause Order for Failure to Answer
Interrogatories in Aid of Judgment, 26-12
Motion to Inspect Financial Records of Nonparty, 18-2
Motion to Take Judicial Notice of Law of [name of state], 19-7
N
Negative Notice Language, 35-18
Newspaper Notice of Public Sale, 5-7
Nonmilitary Affidavit, 20-3
Notice Language on Writ of Garnishment, 8-7, 27-13
Notice of Acceleration, 4-3
Notice of Agreement Providing for Retainage, 7-15
Notice of Appearance, 35-4
Notice of Appearance and Request for Service of Papers, 35-24
Notice of Attachment, 8-21
Notice of Claim for Unpaid Labor or Materials, 7-9
Notice of Claim for Unpaid Retainage, 7-16
Notice of Claim to Owner and Original Contractor, 7-8
Notice of Filing of Foreign Judgment, 14-13
Notice of Garnishment, 8-32, 27-14
Notice of Hearing, 19-2
Notice of Intent to Accelerate, 4-2
Notice of Intention to Take Deposition on Written Questions [With Subpoena Duces Tecum], 18-5
Notice of Intention to Take Oral Deposition [With Subpoena Duces Tecum], 18-3
Notice of Intention to Take Oral Deposition in Aid of Judgment [with Duces Tecum] [Long Form], 26-2
Notice of Intention to Take Oral Deposition in Aid of Judgment [with Duces Tecum] [Short Form], 26-1
List of Forms by Title Order Approving Receiver’s Fees
N
Notice of Our Plan to Sell Property, 5-4
Notice of Protected Property Rights (Bilingual, 27-34
Notice of Sale under Worker’s Possessory Lien [Motor Vehicle, Motorboat, Vessel, or Outboard Motor], 7-6
Notice of Sequestration, 8-11
Notice Regarding Specially Fabricated Material[s], 7-14
Notice to Nonparty of Request for Financial Records, 18-1
Notice to Original Contractor by Second-Tier Claimant, 7-13
Notice to Other Party of Filing of Business Records Affidavit, 19-4
Notice to Owner of Filing of Lien Affidavit, 7-7
Notice to Owner Regarding Liens against Homestead Property, 7-10
Notice to Vacate for Nondelinquency Breach of Lease, 28-13
Notice to Vacate for Nonpayment of Rent, 28-12
Notification of Disposition of Collateral, 5-3
O
Oath of Receiver, 27-23
Objection to Confirmation of Debtor’s Chapter 13 Plan by Secured Creditor, 35-14
Objection to Confirmation of Debtor’s Chapter 13 Plan by Unsecured Creditor, 35-15
Objection to Discharge of a Specific Debt, 35-17
Objection to Discharge of Debtor, 35-16
Objections and Assertions of Privilege to Discovery Requests, 18-25
Officer’s Return for Distress Warrant, 28-8
Officer’s Return for Postjudgment Writ of Garnishment, 27-15
Officer’s Return for Prejudgment Writ of Garnishment, 8-6
Officer’s Return for Writ of Attachment, 8-22
Officer’s Return for Writ of Sequestration, 8-12
Official Captions, 35-3
Order Appointing Attorney Ad Litem, 16-17
Order Appointing Receiver [and Compelling Discovery], 27-20
Order Appointing Receiver [For Justice Courts], 27-21
Order Approving Receiver’s Fees, 27-24
Order Authorizing Sale of Collateralized Property List of Forms by Title
Order Authorizing Sale of Collateralized Property, 29-4
Order Authorizing Sale of Mortgaged Property, 29-6
Order Compelling Answers to Interrogatories in Aid of Judgment, 26-10
Order Compelling Discovery, 18-27
Order Compelling [name of respondent] to Give Deposition in Aid of Judgment, 26-20
Order Enlarging Number of Interrogatories, 18-22
Order for Discharge and Compensation of Attorney Ad Litem, 16-18
Order for Emergency Sale of Attached Property [After Attachment], 8-25
Order for Emergency Sale of Perishable Property [After Sequestration], 8-16
Order for Emergency Sale of Perishable Property [Under Distress Warrant], 28-11
Order for Issuance of Distress Warrant, 28-5
Order for Issuance of Prejudgment Writ of Garnishment, 8-3
Order for Issuance of Temporary Injunction, 8-29
Order for Issuance of Temporary Restraining Order and Setting Hearing on Application for Temporary Injunction,
8-27
Order for Issuance of Writ of Attachment, 8-19
Order for Issuance of Writ of Scire Facias, 27-39
Order for Issuance of Writ of Sequestration, 8-9
Order for Substituted Service, 16-7
Order for Turnover Relief, 27-18
Order for Writ of Attachment, 26-17
Order Granting Creditor’s Motion to Allow Late Filing of Proof of Claim, 35-8
Order Granting Motion for Relief from Automatic Stay, 35-12
Order Granting Motion of [name of creditor] for Allowance of Administrative Expense Claim under 11 U.S.C.
§ 503(b)(9), 35-23
Order Granting Motion to Compel Assumption or Rejection of Lease and Payment of Administrative Claim,
35-20
Order Imposing Sanctions, 18-29
Order of Sale, 27-33
Order Overruling Motion to Transfer Venue, 15-3
Order Reviving Judgment, 27-41
Order Taking Judicial Notice of Law of [name of state], 19-8
Ownership/Lien Holder Information Printout Or Ownership History Report (PWD 763), 3-4
P
Partial Summary Judgment, 20-9
Pattern Interrogatories in Aid of Judgment—Corporate Debtor [Long Form], 26-8
Pattern Interrogatories in Aid of Judgment—Corporate Debtor [Short Form], 26-6
Pattern Interrogatories in Aid of Judgment—Individual Debtor [Long Form], 26-7
Pattern Interrogatories in Aid of Judgment—Individual Debtor [Short Form], 26-5
Pattern Interrogatories—Contract or Consumer Revolving Credit Account, 18-16
Pattern Interrogatories—Foreclosure of Security Interest or Deficiency Judgment, 18-18
Pattern Interrogatories—Guaranty Agreement, 18-20
Pattern Interrogatories—Lease of Personal Property, 18-19
Pattern Interrogatories—Promissory Note, 18-17
Pattern Interrogatories—Sworn Account, 18-15
Pattern Request for Admissions—Contract or Revolving Credit Agreement, 18-9
Pattern Request for Admissions—Foreclosure of Security Interest or Deficiency Judgment, 18-11
Pattern Request for Admissions—Guaranty Agreement, 18-13
Pattern Request for Admissions—Lease of Personal Property, 18-12
Pattern Request for Admissions—Promissory Note, 18-10
Pattern Request for Admissions—Sworn Account, 18-8
Pattern Written Deposition Questions to Prove Up Business Records, 18-6
Payment Record, 1-4
Petition and Application to Foreclose Constitutional Lien on Personal Property, 7-24
Petition and Application to Foreclose Landlord’s Lien, 28-1
Petition and Application to Foreclose Worker’s Lien, 7-2
Petition for Deficiency Judgment, 14-9
Petition for Fraudulent Transfer Action, 14-10
Petition for Suit against Dependent Personal Representative or Guardian, 29-2
Petition for Suit against Independent Executor or Administrator, 29-9
Petition for Suit on Foreign Judgment, 14-15
Petition for Suit on Guaranty, 14-11
Petition for Suit on Lease of Personal Property List of Forms by Title
Petition for Suit on Lease of Personal Property, 14-8
Petition for Suit on Note, 14-7
Petition for Suit on Oral Contract, 14-4
Petition for Suit on Retail Installment Contract, 14-6
Petition for Suit on Revolving Credit Account, 14-5
Petition for Suit on Sworn Account, 14-1
Petition for Suit on Written Contract, 14-3
Plaintiff’s Interrogatories in Aid of Judgment, 26-4
Plaintiff’s Motion for Sanctions, 18-28
Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment, 19-9
Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Discovery, 18-26
Plaintiff’s Motion to Enlarge Number of Written Interrogatories, 18-21
Plaintiff’s Original Petition to Revive Judgment, 27-8
Plaintiff’s Replevy Bond for Sequestered Property, 8-13
Plaintiff’s Request for Admissions, 18-7
Plaintiff’s Request for Production of Documents and Tangible Things, 18-24
Plaintiff’s Requests for Disclosure, 18-23
Plaintiff’s Response to Motion to Transfer Venue, 15-1
Plaintiff’s Summary Judgment Affidavit for Attorney’s Fees, 19-19
Plaintiff’s Summary Judgment Affidavit for Suit on Promissory Note [With Foreclosure of Security Interest],
19-18
Plaintiff’s Summary Judgment Affidavit for Suit on Sworn Account, 19-17
Plaintiff’s Written Interrogatories, 18-14
Proof of Claim, 35-6
Proof of Mailing, 14-14
Protected Property Claim Form (Bilingual), 27-36
R
Reaffirmation Agreement, 35-9
Reclamation Demand, 35-21
Release of Judgment Lien, 27-3
Report of Sale of [Personal/Real] Property, 29-7
Request for Information to Original Contractor, 7-20
Request for Information to Owner, 7-19
Request for Information to Subcontractor, 7-21
Request for Motor Vehicle Information, 3-3
Return of Service on Individual Defendant, in Person, 16-1
Return of Service on Registered Agent Organization, 16-3
Return of Service on Registered Agent, an Individual, 16-2
S
Second Notice of Sale under Worker’s Possessory Lien [Property Other Than Motor Vehicle, Motorboat, Vessel,
or Outboard Motor], 7-5
Settlement Agreement Letter, 1-6
Sheriff’s Deed, 27-32
Show-Cause Notice, 26-13
Statement in Support of Motion for Substituted Service, 16-5
Statement in Support of Motion for Substituted Service by Officer, 16-6
Subpoena [With Duces Tecum Language], 18-4
Subpoena Duces Tecum [Nonparty Witness, Postjudgment Deposition], 26-3
Suggestion of Bankruptcy, 35-5
Suggestion of Death and Scire Facias, 29-10
Sworn Complaint for Forcible Detainer, 28-14
T
Temporary Injunction, 8-30
Temporary Restraining Order, 8-28
Texas DPS Application for Copy of Driver Record, 3-2
Transmittal Letter to Respondent Following Hearing on Motion to Compel, 26-11
UCC1 (Financing Statement) List of Forms by Title
742 © STATE BAR OF TEXAS
[References are to form numbers.] [Chapters 1–20, vol. 1; chs. 26–35, vol. 2.] U
UCC1 (Financing Statement), 5-1
UCC11 (Information Request), 3-5
Unconditional Waiver and Release on Final Payment (Pursuant to Tex. Prop. Code § 53.284), 7-29
Unconditional Waiver and Release on Progress Payment (Pursuant to Tex. Prop. Code § 53.284), 7-27
V
Venditioni Exponas, 27-10
Verification for Suit on Sworn Account, 14-2
W
Writ of Attachment, 8-20, 26-18
Writ of Attachment and Commitment Order, 26-16
Writ of Garnishment to Be Served on Garnishee, 8-5
Writ of Scire Facias, 27-40
Writ of Sequestration, 8-10