Sec. 62.061. OFFICER'S LIABILITY AND DUTY OF CARE

1. (a) An officer who executes a writ of sequestration shall care for and manage in a prudent manner the sequestered property he retains in custody.
2. (b) If the officer entrusts sequestered property to another person, the officer is responsible for the acts of that person relating to the property.
3. (c) The officer is liable for injuries to the sequestered property resulting from his neglect or mismanagement or from the neglect or mismanagement of a person to whom he entrusts the property.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.