Eastern District of TEXAS

200 East Ferguson Street

Tyler, TX 75702

Telephone: 1-903-592-1212 

Northern District of TEXAS

U.S. Courthouse, 12th Floor , Rm. 12A-24

1100 Commerce Street

Dallas, TX 75242-1498

Telephone: 1-214-767-0814 

Northern District of TEXAS, Fort Worth Division

501 W. 10th Street, Rm. 147

Fort Worth, TX 76102

Telephone: 1-817-978-3802 

Northern District of TEXAS, Lubbock Division

306 Federal Building

1205 Texas Avenue

Lubbock, TX 79401

Telephone: 1-806-472-7336 

Southern District of TEXAS

P.O. Box 61010 (77208)

U.S. Courthouse

515 Rusk Street

Houston, TX 77002

Telephone: 1-713-250-5500 

Southern District of TEXAS, Corpus Christi Division

615 Leopard Street

Corpus Christi, TX 78476

Telephone: 1-512-888-3207 

Western District of TEXAS

P.O. Box 1439 (78295)

P.O. Building Alamo Plaza

615 East Houston Street

San Antonio, TX 78205

Telephone: 1-210-229-5187

Western District of TEXAS, Austin Division

903 San Jacinto, Ste. 322

Austin, TX 78701

Telephone: 1-512-916-5237

In general, a debtor may claim exemption of his homestead and certain personal property from attachment and execution of a judgment.

A debtor's homestead and one or more lots used for a place of burial of the dead are exempt from seizure for the claims of creditors.  (Prop. C. 41.001.)  If used for the purposes of an urban home or as a place to exercise a calling or business in the same urban area, the homestead of a family or a single, adult person, not otherwise entitled to a homestead, consists of not more than one acre of land which may be in one or more lots, together with any improvements thereon.  (Prop. C. 41.002(a).) If used for the purposes of a rural home, the homestead consists of:
 

(1) for a family, not more than 200 acres, which may be in one or more parcels, with the improvements thereon; or

(2) for a single, adult person, not otherwise entitled to a homestead, not more than 100 acres, which may be in one or more  parcels, with the improvements thereon.  (Prop. C. 41.002(b).)

Personal property of a debtor which may be exempt from garnishment, attachment, execution or other seizure may include property having an aggregate fair market value of not more than $60,000, exclusive of liens, security interests, or other encumbrances if it is provided for a family, or an aggregate fair market value of not more than $30,000, exclusive of liens, security interests, or other encumbrances if it is owned by a single adult.  (Prop. C. 42.001(a).)  These property may include home furnishings, including family heirlooms; provisions for consumption;  farming or ranching vehicles and implements; tools, equipment, books, and apparatus, including boats and motor vehicles used in a trade or profession; wearing apparel; jewelry not to exceed 25 percent of the aggregate limitations prescribed by Section 42.001(a); two firearms; athletic and sporting equipment, including bicycles;  a two-wheeled, three-wheeled, or four-wheeled motor vehicle for each member of a family or single adult who holds a   driver's license or who does not hold a driver's license but who relies on another person to operate the vehicle for the benefit of the nonlicensed person; certain animals and forage on hand for their consumption; household pets; and  the present value of any life insurance policy to the extent that a member of the family of the insured or a dependent of a single insured adult claiming the exemption is a beneficiary of the policy. (Prop. C. 42.002.)

Other personal property, which may be exempt from seizure, may include current wages for personal services, professionally prescribed health aids of a debtor or a dependent, alimony, support, or separate maintenance received or to be received by the debtor or for the support of his dependent, qualified retirement plan, annuity or account. (Prop. C. 42.0021.)

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