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TX Prop § 21.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 21 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter E. Repurchase of Real Property From Condemning Entity|Section 21.102. Notice to Previous Property Owner Required

Sec. 21.102.  NOTICE TO PREVIOUS PROPERTY OWNER REQUIRED.  Not later than the 180th day after the date an entity that acquired a real property interest through eminent domain determines that the former property owner is entitled to repurchase the property under Section 21.101, the entity shall send by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the property owner or the owner's heirs, successors, or assigns a notice containing:(1)  an identification, which is not required to be a legal description, of the property that was acquired;(2)  an identification of the public use for which the property had been acquired and a statement that:(A)  the public use was canceled before the property was used for the public use;(B)  no actual progress was made toward the public use; or(C)  the property became unnecessary for the public use, or a substantially similar public use, before the 10th anniversary of the date of acquisition; and(3)  a description of the person's right under this subchapter to repurchase the property.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1307, Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 81 (S.B. 18), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Prop § 21.1021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 21 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter E. Repurchase of Real Property From Condemning Entity|Section 21.1021. Requests for Information Regarding Condemned Property

Sec. 21.1021.  REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION REGARDING CONDEMNED PROPERTY.  (a)  On or after the 10th anniversary of the date on which real property was acquired by an entity through eminent domain, a property owner or the owner's heirs, successors, or assigns may request that the condemning entity make a determination and provide a statement and other relevant information regarding:(1)  whether the public use for which the property was acquired was canceled before the property was used for the public use;(2)  whether any actual progress was made toward the public use between the date of acquisition and the 10th anniversary of that date, including an itemized description of the progress made, if applicable; and(3)  whether the property became unnecessary for the public use, or a substantially similar public use, before the 10th anniversary of the date of acquisition.(b)  A request under this section must contain sufficient detail to allow the entity to identify the specific tract of land in relation to which the information is sought.(c)  Not later than the 90th day following the date of receipt of the request for information, the entity shall send a written response by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the requestor.|Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 81 (S.B. 18), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Prop § 21.1022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 21 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter E. Repurchase of Real Property From Condemning Entity|Section 21.1022. Limitations Period for Repurchase Right

Sec. 21.1022.  LIMITATIONS PERIOD FOR REPURCHASE RIGHT.  Notwithstanding Section 21.103, the right to repurchase provided by this subchapter is extinguished on the first anniversary of the expiration of the period for an entity to provide notice under Section 21.102 if the entity:(1)  is required to provide notice under Section 21.102;(2)  makes a good faith effort to locate and provide notice to each person entitled to notice before the expiration of the deadline for providing notice under that section; and(3)  does not receive a response to any notice provided under that section in the period for response prescribed by Section 21.103.|Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 81 (S.B. 18), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Prop § 21.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 21 - Eminent Domain|Subchapter E. Repurchase of Real Property From Condemning Entity|Section 21.103. Resale of Property; Price

Sec. 21.103.  RESALE OF PROPERTY; PRICE.  (a)  Not later than the 180th day after the date of the postmark on a notice sent under Section 21.102 or a response to a request made under Section 21.1021 that indicates that the property owner, or the owner's heirs, successors, or assigns, is entitled to repurchase the property interest in accordance with Section 21.101, the property owner or the owner's heirs, successors, or assigns must notify the entity of the person's intent to repurchase the property interest under this subchapter.(b)  As soon as practicable after receipt of a notice of intent to repurchase under Subsection (a), the entity shall offer to sell the property interest to the person for the price paid to the owner by the entity at the time the entity acquired the property through eminent domain.  The person's right to repurchase the property expires on the 90th day after the date on which the entity makes the offer.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1307, Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 81 (S.B. 18), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Prop § 22.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 22 - Trespass to Try Title|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 22.001. Trespass to Try Title

Sec. 22.001.  TRESPASS TO TRY TITLE.  (a)  A trespass to try title action is the method of determining title to lands, tenements, or other real property.(b)  The action of ejectment is not available in this state.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3509, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 22.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 22 - Trespass to Try Title|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 22.002. Title Sufficient to Maintain Action

Sec. 22.002.  TITLE SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN ACTION.  A headright certificate, land scrip, bounty warrant, or other evidence of legal right to located and surveyed land is sufficient title to maintain a trespass to try title action.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3509, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 22.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 22 - Trespass to Try Title|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 22.003. Final Judgment Conclusive

Sec. 22.003.  FINAL JUDGMENT CONCLUSIVE.  A final judgment that establishes title or right to possession in an action to recover real property is conclusive against the party from whom the property is recovered and against a person claiming the property through that party by a title that arises after the action is initiated.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3509, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 22.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 22 - Trespass to Try Title|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 22.004. Effect of Former Law

Sec. 22.004.  EFFECT OF FORMER LAW.  This chapter does not affect rights that existed before the introduction of the common law in this state.  Those rights are defined by the principles of the law in effect at the time the rights accrued.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3509, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 22.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 22 - Trespass to Try Title|Subchapter B. Judgment and Damages|Section 22.021. Claim for Improvements

Sec. 22.021.  CLAIM FOR IMPROVEMENTS.  (a)  A defendant in a trespass to try title action who is not the rightful owner of the property, but who has possessed the property in good faith and made permanent and valuable improvements to it, is either:(1)  entitled to recover the amount by which the estimated value of the defendant's improvements exceeds the estimated value of the defendant's use and occupation of and waste or other injury to the property;  or(2)  liable for the amount by which the value of the use and occupation of and waste and other injury to the property exceeds the value of the improvements and for costs.(b)  In estimating values of improvements or of use and occupation:(1)  improvements are valued at the time of trial, but only to the extent that the improvements increased the value of the property;  and(2)  use and occupation is valued for the time before the date the action was filed that the defendant was in possession of the property, but excluding the value resulting from the improvements made by the defendant or those under whom the defendant claims.(c)  The defendant who makes a claim for improvements must plead:(1)  that the defendant and those under whom the defendant claims have had good faith adverse possession of the property in controversy for at least one year before the date the action began;(2)  that they or the defendant made permanent and valuable improvements to the property while in possession;(3)  the grounds for the claim;(4)  the identity of the improvements;  and(5)  the value of each improvement.(d)  The defendant is not liable for damages under this section for injuries or for the value of the use and occupation more than two years before the date the action was filed, and the defendant is not liable for damages or for the value of the use and occupation in excess of the value of the improvements.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3509, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 22.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 22 - Trespass to Try Title|Subchapter B. Judgment and Damages|Section 22.022. Writ of Possession

Sec. 22.022.  WRIT OF POSSESSION.  If in a trespass to try title action the plaintiff obtains a judgment for the contested property, but the defendant obtains a judgment for the value of the defendant's improvements in excess of the defendant's liability for use, occupation, and damages, the court may not issue a writ of possession until the first anniversary of the judgment unless the plaintiff pays to the clerk of the court for the benefit of the defendant the amount of the judgment in favor of the defendant plus interest.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3510, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 22.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 22 - Trespass to Try Title|Subchapter B. Judgment and Damages|Section 22.023. Failure to Pay

Sec. 22.023.  FAILURE TO PAY.  (a)  If after a trespass to try title action a plaintiff does not pay a judgment awarded to a defendant, plus accrued interest, before the first anniversary of the judgment and if the defendant, before the sixth month after the first anniversary of the judgment, pays the value of the property, less the value of the defendant's improvements, to the clerk of the court for the benefit of the plaintiff, the plaintiff may not obtain a writ of possession or maintain any proceeding against the defendant or the defendant's heirs or assigns for the property awarded to the plaintiff in the trespass to try title action.(b)  If an eligible defendant does not exercise the option under this section, a plaintiff may apply for a writ of possession as in other cases.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3511, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 22.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 22 - Trespass to Try Title|Subchapter B. Judgment and Damages|Section 22.024. Payments Into Court

Sec. 22.024.  PAYMENTS INTO COURT.  If a party in a trespass to try title action makes a payment to the clerk of a court under this subchapter, the clerk shall enter a dated memorandum of the payment on the page of the record on which the judgment was entered.  The clerk shall pay the money on demand to the person entitled to the payment, who shall indicate receipt of the payment by dating and signing the record on the same page on which the judgment was entered.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3511, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 22.041 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 22 - Trespass to Try Title|Subchapter C. Removal of Improvements|Section 22.041. Plea for Removal of Improvements

Sec. 22.041.  PLEA FOR REMOVAL OF IMPROVEMENTS.  (a)  A defendant in a trespass to try title action who is not the rightful owner of the property in controversy may remove improvements made to the property if:(1)  the defendant, and those under whom the defendant claims, possessed the property, and made permanent and valuable improvements to it, without intent to defraud;  and(2)  the improvements can be removed without substantial and permanent damage to the property.(b)  The pleadings of a defendant who seeks to remove improvements must contain:(1)  a statement that the defendant, and those under whom the defendant claims, adversely possessed the property, and made permanent and valuable improvements to it, without intent to defraud;(2)  a statement identifying the improvements;  and(3)  an offer to provide a surety bond in an amount and conditioned as required by this section.(c)  Before removing the improvements, the defendant must post a surety bond in an amount determined by the court, conditioned on the removal of the improvements in a manner that substantially restores the property to the condition it was in before the improvements were made.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3511, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 22.042 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 22 - Trespass to Try Title|Subchapter C. Removal of Improvements|Section 22.042. Referee

Sec. 22.042.  REFEREE.  A court that authorizes a defendant in a trespass to try title action to remove improvements shall appoint a referee to supervise the removal.  The court may require the referee to make reports to the court concerning the removal.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3512, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 22.043 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 22 - Trespass to Try Title|Subchapter C. Removal of Improvements|Section 22.043. Retained Jurisdiction

Sec. 22.043.  RETAINED JURISDICTION.  A court that authorizes a defendant in a trespass to try title action to remove improvements retains jurisdiction of the action until the court makes a final disposition of the case and a final determination of the rights, duties, and liabilities of the parties and sureties.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3512, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 22.044 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 22 - Trespass to Try Title|Subchapter C. Removal of Improvements|Section 22.044. Condition for Removal

Sec. 22.044.  CONDITION FOR REMOVAL.  Before a court in a trespass to try title action authorizes a defendant to remove improvements, the court may require the defendant to satisfy a money judgment in favor of the plaintiff that arises out of a claim of the plaintiff in the action.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3512, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 22.045 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 22 - Trespass to Try Title|Subchapter C. Removal of Improvements|Section 22.045. Cumulative Remedies

Sec. 22.045.  CUMULATIVE REMEDIES.  The remedy of removing improvements may be pleaded as an alternative to all other remedies at law or in equity.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3513, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 42.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 5 - Exempt Property and Liens|Subtitle A - Property Exempt From Creditors' Claims|Chapter 42 - Personal Property|Section 42.001. Personal Property Exemption

Sec. 42.001.  PERSONAL PROPERTY EXEMPTION.  (a)  Personal property, as described in Section 42.002, is exempt from garnishment, attachment, execution, or other seizure if:(1)  the property is provided for a family and has an aggregate fair market value of not more than $100,000, exclusive of the amount of any liens, security interests, or other charges encumbering the property; or(2)  the property is owned by a single adult, who is not a member of a family, and has an aggregate fair market value of not more than $50,000, exclusive of the amount of any liens, security interests, or other charges encumbering the property.(b)  The following personal property is exempt from seizure and is not included in the aggregate limitations prescribed by Subsection (a):(1)  current wages for personal services, except for the enforcement of court-ordered child support payments;(2)  professionally prescribed health aids of a debtor or a dependent of a debtor;(3)  alimony, support, or separate maintenance received or to be received by the debtor for the support of the debtor or a dependent of the debtor; and(4)  a religious bible or other book containing sacred writings of a religion that is seized by a creditor other than a lessor of real property who is exercising the lessor's contractual or statutory right to seize personal property after a tenant breaches a lease agreement for or abandons the real property.(c)  Except as provided by Subsection (b)(4), this section does not prevent seizure by a secured creditor with a contractual landlord's lien or other security in the property to be seized.(d)  Unpaid commissions for personal services not to exceed 25 percent of the aggregate limitations prescribed by Subsection (a) are exempt from seizure and are included in the aggregate.(e)  A religious bible or other book described by Subsection (b)(4) that is seized by a lessor of real property in the exercise of the lessor's contractual or statutory right to seize personal property after a tenant breaches a lease agreement for the real property or abandons the real property may not be included in the aggregate limitations prescribed by Subsection (a).|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3522, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 175, Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 1991;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1046, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 444 (H.B. 167), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 793 (H.B. 2706), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Prop § 42.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 5 - Exempt Property and Liens|Subtitle A - Property Exempt From Creditors' Claims|Chapter 42 - Personal Property|Section 42.002. Personal Property

Sec. 42.002.  PERSONAL PROPERTY.  (a)  The following personal property is exempt under Section 42.001(a):(1)  home furnishings, including family heirlooms;(2)  provisions for consumption;(3)  farming or ranching vehicles and implements;(4)  tools, equipment, books, and apparatus, including boats and motor vehicles used in a trade or profession;(5)  wearing apparel;(6)  jewelry not to exceed 25 percent of the aggregate limitations prescribed by Section 42.001(a);(7)  two firearms;(8)  athletic and sporting equipment, including bicycles;(9)  a two-wheeled, three-wheeled, or four-wheeled motor vehicle for each member of a family or single adult who holds a driver's license or who does not hold a driver's license but who relies on another person to operate the vehicle for the benefit of the nonlicensed person;(10)  the following animals and forage on hand for their consumption:(A)  two horses, mules, or donkeys and a saddle, blanket, and bridle for each;(B)  12 head of cattle;(C)  60 head of other types of livestock;  and(D)  120 fowl;  and(11)  household pets.(b)  Personal property, unless precluded from being encumbered by other law, may be encumbered by a security interest under Subchapter B, Chapter 9, Business & Commerce Code, or Subchapter F, Chapter 501, Transportation Code, or by a lien fixed by other law, and the security interest or lien may not be avoided on the ground that the property is exempt under this chapter.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3522, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 175, Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 1991;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 216, Sec. 1, eff. May, 17, 1993;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.245, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 2.36, eff. July 1, 2001;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 846, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.|
TX Prop § 42.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 5 - Exempt Property and Liens|Subtitle A - Property Exempt From Creditors' Claims|Chapter 42 - Personal Property|Section 42.003. Designation of Exempt Property

Sec. 42.003.  DESIGNATION OF EXEMPT PROPERTY.  (a)  If the number or amount of a type of personal property owned by a debtor exceeds the exemption allowed by Section 42.002 and the debtor can be found in the county where the property is located, the officer making a levy on the property shall ask the debtor to designate the personal property to be levied on.  If the debtor cannot be found in the county or the debtor fails to make a designation within a reasonable time after the officer's request, the officer shall make the designation.(b)  If the aggregate value of a debtor's personal property exceeds the amount exempt from seizure under Section 42.001(a), the debtor may designate the portion of the property to be levied on.  If, after a court's request, the debtor fails to make a designation within a reasonable time or if for any reason a creditor contests that the property is exempt, the court shall make the designation.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3524, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 175, Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 1991.|
TX Prop § 42.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 5 - Exempt Property and Liens|Subtitle A - Property Exempt From Creditors' Claims|Chapter 42 - Personal Property|Section 42.004. Transfer of Nonexempt Property

Sec. 42.004.  TRANSFER OF NONEXEMPT PROPERTY.  (a)  If a person uses the property not exempt under this chapter to acquire, obtain an interest in, make improvement to, or pay an indebtedness on personal property which would be exempt under this chapter with the intent to defraud, delay, or hinder an interested person from obtaining that to which the interested person is or may be entitled, the property, interest, or improvement acquired is not exempt from seizure for the satisfaction of liabilities.  If the property, interest, or improvement is acquired by discharging an encumbrance held by a third person, a person defrauded, delayed, or hindered is subrogated to the rights of the third person.(b)  A creditor may not assert a claim under this section more than two years after the transaction from which the claim arises.  A person with a claim that is unliquidated or contingent at the time of the transaction may not assert a claim under this section more than one year after the claim is reduced to judgment.(c)  It is a defense to a claim under this section that the transfer was made in the ordinary course of business by the person making the transfer.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3524, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 175, Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 1991.|
TX Prop § 42.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 5 - Exempt Property and Liens|Subtitle A - Property Exempt From Creditors' Claims|Chapter 42 - Personal Property|Section 42.005. Child Support Liens

Sec. 42.005.  CHILD SUPPORT LIENS.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), Sections 42.001, 42.002, and 42.0021 do not apply to a child support lien established under Subchapter G, Chapter 157, Family Code.(b)  The exemption from attachment, execution, and seizure for the satisfaction of debts provided under Section 42.0021 for a plan or account described by Section 42.0021(a)(8), (9), or (10) applies to a child support lien established under Subchapter G, Chapter 157, Family Code.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 15, Sec. 4.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 7.56, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 320 (H.B. 2779), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.|