Sec. 22.0042.  RULES REGARDING EXEMPTIONS FROM SEIZURE OF PROPERTY; FORM.  (a)  The supreme court shall adopt rules that:
(1)  establish a simple and expedited procedure for a judgment debtor to assert an exemption to the seizure of personal property by a judgment creditor or a receiver appointed under Section 31.002, Civil Practice and Remedies Code;
(2)  require a court to stay a proceeding, for a reasonable period, to allow for the assertion of an exemption under Subdivision (1); and
(3)  require a court to promptly set a hearing and stay proceedings until a hearing is held, if a judgment debtor timely asserts an exemption under Subdivision (1).
(b)  Rules adopted under this section shall require the provision of a notice in plain language to a judgment debtor regarding the right of the judgment debtor to assert one or more exemptions under Subsection (a)(1).  The notice must:
(1)  be in English with an integrated Spanish translation that can be readily understood by the public and the court;
(2)  include the form promulgated under Subsection (c);
(3)  list all exemptions under state and federal law to the seizure of personal property; and
(4)  provide information for accessing free or low-cost legal assistance. 
(c)  Rules adopted under this section shall include the promulgation of a form in plain language for asserting an exemption under Subsection (a)(1).  A form promulgated under this subsection must:
(1)  be in English with an integrated Spanish translation that can be readily understood by the public and the court; and
(2)  include instructions for the use of the form.
(d)  A court shall accept a form promulgated under Subsection (c) unless the form has been completed in a manner that causes a substantive defect that cannot be cured.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 934 (H.B. 3774), Sec. 15.01, eff. September 1, 2021.