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§ 64.108.Recordation of Proceedings

Title 3. Extraordinary Remedies · Chapter 64. Receivership · Subchapter G. Receiver for Certain Missing Persons · Last amended 1999 · Last verified August 29, 2026

In one sentenceSection 64.108 requires all orders, bonds, reports, accounts and notices in a missing person receivership to be recorded in the minutes of the court.

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All orders, bonds, reports, accounts, and notices in the receivership proceedings under this subchapter shall be recorded in the minutes of the court.
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Plain-English Summary

One sentence closing the subchapter, and it is about permanence.

All orders, bonds, reports, accounts, and notices in the receivership proceedings under this subchapter shall be recorded in the minutes of the court.

The minutes are the court’s permanent record, distinct from the case file — a bound, sequential record of what the court did.

The requirement is comprehensive. Five categories, covering every document the subchapter generates.

The reason is the person who is not there. A missing person may return years later to find their property was administered by a stranger, and this ensures a complete account exists in a form that survives.

Case files can be lost, purged or archived beyond easy reach. The minutes are the court’s own memory.

Including the notices is the detail worth noticing. A returning person may want to know whether the publication requirements were met, and the minutes will show it.

The subchapter uses the minutes elsewhere for the same reason — the order appropriating funds for the family is entered in the minutes, as is the order continuing or closing the receivership.

The corporate provisions use them too, requiring an order extending a receivership to be entered in the minutes.

The pattern across the chapter is consistent: where a decision affects property over a long period and the owner may not be watching, it goes in the minutes.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is recorded in the court minutes?

All orders, bonds, reports, accounts and notices in the missing person receivership proceedings.

Why does it matter?

A missing person may return years later, and the minutes are the court’s permanent record of how their property was administered.

Is this used elsewhere in the chapter?

Yes. Orders appropriating family support and orders extending a corporate receivership are also entered in the minutes.

Amendment History

  • Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1081, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from Texas Legislature Online (statutes.capitol.texas.gov). Enacted by the Texas Legislature. Current through May 14, 2026. Last verified August 29, 2026. · Official source