(a) Citations served on the commissioner shall be forwarded by certified mail to the address provided by the plaintiff.
(b) Citations received by certified or registered mail must be served in accordance with the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 103 and Rule 106.
(c) Citations received prior to 2 p.m. shall be forwarded the same working day.
(d) Citations received after 2 p.m. shall be forwarded the next working day.
(e) Citations will be returned to the attorney of record or other appropriate official for any one of the following reasons.
  (1) Filing fee of $25 was not submitted.
  (2) Mailing address of the defendant was not provided in typed written form on the face of the citation.
  (3) Two copies of the citation were not received.
(f) If the citation is returned to the attorney of record, it will be returned by first class mail together with a letter of explanation and the $25 fee submitted.
(g) Citations which were previously returned to the attorney of record may be forwarded, after the necessary corrections have been effected, by certified mail, directly to the commissioner. Any corrections to the citation must be typed, not printed.

Source Note: The provisions of this §7.1414 adopted to be effective August 11, 1989, 14 TexReg 3690; amended to be effective November 16, 1990, 15 TexReg 6300.