Writ of Execution
Secondly, after abstracting the judgment, the judgment creditor can find non-exempt personal or real property in a specific county in Texas and request a writ of execution from the county clerk. The clerk of the county will then send a writ to the judgment creditor. This writ can be sent to a constable or sheriff in the county who will then physically go to the location of the property who will then levy and sell the property on the first Tuesday of the month along with the other foreclosure sales.
So much easier said than done:
Your Homestead is Exempt from Execution in Texas
Many Texas debtors have numerous judgments against them but live in expensive homes.
They can do this because the entire homestead equity is exempt from execution.
What constitutes a debtor's homestead?
See Tex. Prop. Code § 41.002 (definition).
Within broad parameters, a homestead is what a person intends it to be.
A rental property or even a vacant lot can be homestead if the owner has reasonable expectations of building a home on it.
Moreover, Property Code section 41.001(c) states that "proceeds of a sale of a homestead are not subject to seizure for a creditor's claim for six months after the date of sale."
This expressly permits homestead protections to be rolled over from one home to the next.
Certain personal property is also exempt under chapter 42 of the Property Code. Personal property valued at $60,000 for a family or $30,000 for a single adult (exclusive of liens) is exempt from garnishment, attachment, execution or other seizure so long as it is on the statutory list.
This includes home furnishings, clothes, jewelry, firearms, and vehicles—even 12 head of cattle. Retirement plans (including rollover proceeds) are exempted under section 42.0021 so long as contributions do not exceed the amount that is deductible under current law. College tuition funds are exempted under section 42.0022.
It is important to note that homestead protections are available only to individuals, not LLCs or corporations
A Writ of Execution is an order of the court to any constable in the state of Texas ordering him to execute on any non-exempt assets. ... A judgment creditor has the right, as a matter of law, to have a writ of execution issued unless and until the defendant files a proper supersedeas bond.
A supersedeas bond in Texas covers the cost of a money judgment and court fees, in order to stay a judgment during an appeal process. Without using a surety bond, a defendant is required to immediately settle the judgment with the plaintiff.
Texas Supersedeas Bond