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TX Elec COde § 278.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 16 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 278 - Voter Information Guide for Judicial Elections|Section 278.006. Preparation of Guide

Sec. 278.006.  PREPARATION OF GUIDE.  (a)  The secretary of state may contract for the preparation of the voter information guide after soliciting bids for that work.  The secretary may prepare the guide if the secretary determines that the costs of that preparation are less than or equal to the most reasonable bid submitted.(b)  The voter information guide must include the candidates' statements that comply with this chapter, with candidates for election and write-in candidates for election as separate groups.  The order of the candidates' names within the groups is determined by a drawing conducted by the secretary of state.(c)  The secretary of state may prescribe appropriate explanatory material to be included in the voter information guide to assist the voters, including a statement that the guide may be used at the polls to assist the voters in marking their ballots.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1285, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Elec COde § 278.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 16 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 278 - Voter Information Guide for Judicial Elections|Section 278.007. Availability of Guide

Sec. 278.007.  AVAILABILITY OF GUIDE.  If the secretary of state implements a voter information service program, the secretary may make the voter information guide available to the public on the Internet not later than the 45th day before the date of each judicial election.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1285, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Elec COde § 278.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 16 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 278 - Voter Information Guide for Judicial Elections|Section 278.008. Additional Procedures

Sec. 278.008.  ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES.  The secretary of state may prescribe any additional procedures necessary to implement this chapter.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1285, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Elec COde § 279.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 16 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 279 - Cybersecurity of Election Systems|Section 279.001. Definitions

Sec. 279.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "County election officer" means an individual employed by a county as an elections administrator, voter registrar, county clerk, or other officer with responsibilities relating to the administration of elections.(2)  "Election data" means information that is created or managed in the operation of an election system.(3)  "Election system" means a voting system and the technology used to support the conduct of an election, including the election data processed or produced in the course of conducting an election, such as voter registration information, ballot information, collected and tabulated votes, election management processes and procedures, and other election-related documents and election data.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1069 (H.B. 1421), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Elec COde § 279.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 16 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 279 - Cybersecurity of Election Systems|Section 279.002. Election Cybersecurity: Secretary of State

Sec. 279.002.  ELECTION CYBERSECURITY: SECRETARY OF STATE.  (a)  The secretary of state shall adopt rules defining classes of protected election data and establishing best practices for identifying and reducing risk to the electronic use, storage, and transmission of election data and the security of election systems.(b)  The secretary of state shall offer training on best practices:(1)  on an annual basis, to all appropriate personnel in the secretary of state's office; and(2)  on request, to county election officers in this state.(c)  If the secretary of state becomes aware of a breach of cybersecurity that impacts election data, the secretary shall immediately notify the members of the standing committees of each house of the legislature with jurisdiction over elections.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1069 (H.B. 1421), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Elec COde § 279.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 16 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 279 - Cybersecurity of Election Systems|Section 279.003. Election Cybersecurity: County Election Officers

Sec. 279.003.  ELECTION CYBERSECURITY: COUNTY ELECTION OFFICERS.  (a)  A county election officer shall annually request training on cybersecurity from the secretary of state.  The secretary of state shall pay the costs associated with the training with available state funds.(b)  A county election officer shall request an assessment of the cybersecurity of the county's election system from a provider of cybersecurity assessments if the secretary of state recommends an assessment and the necessary funds are available.(c)  If a county election officer becomes aware of a breach of cybersecurity that impacts election data, the officer shall immediately notify the secretary of state.(d)  To the extent that state funds are available for the purpose, a county election officer shall implement cybersecurity measures to ensure that all devices with access to election data comply to the highest extent possible with rules adopted by the secretary of state under Section 279.002.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1069 (H.B. 1421), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Est Code § 21.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 21 - Purpose and Construction|Section 21.001. Purpose of Code

Sec. 21.001.  PURPOSE OF CODE.  (a)  This code is enacted as a part of the state's continuing statutory revision program, begun by the Texas Legislative Council in 1963 as directed by the legislature in the law codified as Section 323.007, Government Code.  The program contemplates a topic-by-topic revision of the state's general and permanent statute law without substantive change.(b)  Consistent with the objectives of the statutory revision program, the purpose of this code is to make the law encompassed by this code more accessible and understandable by:(1)  rearranging the statutes into a more logical order;(2)  employing a format and numbering system designed to facilitate citation of the law and to accommodate future expansion of the law;(3)  eliminating repealed, duplicative, unconstitutional, expired, executed, and other ineffective provisions; and(4)  restating the law in modern American English to the greatest extent possible.(c)  Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1236 , Sec. 20.023(1), eff. September 1, 2015.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 2.01, eff. January 1, 2014.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 6.001, eff. January 1, 2014.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1236 (S.B. 1296), Sec. 20.002, eff. September 1, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1236 (S.B. 1296), Sec. 20.023(1), eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Est Code § 21.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 21 - Purpose and Construction|Section 21.002. Construction

Sec. 21.002.  CONSTRUCTION.  (a)  Except as provided by Section 22.027 or 1002.023, Chapter 311, Government Code (Code Construction Act), applies to the construction of a provision of this code.(b)  This code and the Texas Probate Code, as amended, shall be considered one continuous statute, and for the purposes of any instrument that refers to the Texas Probate Code, this code shall be considered an amendment to the Texas Probate Code.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 2.02, eff. January 1, 2014.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 6.002, eff. January 1, 2014.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 173 (H.B. 2419), Sec. 1(b), eff. May 28, 2015.|
TX Est Code § 21.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 21 - Purpose and Construction|Section 21.003. Statutory References

Sec. 21.003.  STATUTORY REFERENCES.   A reference in a law other than in this code to a statute or a part of a statute revised by this code is considered to be a reference to the part of this code that revises that statute or part of that statute.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 2.03, eff. January 1, 2014.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 6.003, eff. January 1, 2014.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1236 (S.B. 1296), Sec. 20.004, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Est Code § 21.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 21 - Purpose and Construction|Section 21.004. Effect of Division of Law

Sec. 21.004.  EFFECT OF DIVISION OF LAW.  The division of this code into titles, subtitles, chapters, subchapters, parts, subparts, sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, and subparagraphs is for convenience and does not have any legal effect.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 21.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 21 - Purpose and Construction|Section 21.005. Applicability of Certain Laws

Sec. 21.005.  APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS.   Chapter 132, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, does not apply to Subchapter C, Chapter 251.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 2.04, eff. January 1, 2014.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 2912), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1236 (S.B. 1296), Sec. 20.005, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Est Code § 21.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 21 - Purpose and Construction|Section 21.006. Applicability to Probate Proceedings

Sec. 21.006.  APPLICABILITY TO PROBATE PROCEEDINGS.  The procedure prescribed by Title 2 governs all probate proceedings.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 22.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 22 - Definitions|Section 22.001. Applicability of Definitions

Sec. 22.001.  APPLICABILITY OF DEFINITIONS.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), the definition for a term provided by this chapter applies in this code unless a different meaning of the term is otherwise apparent from the context in which the term is used.(b)  If Title 3 provides a definition for a term that is different from the definition provided by this chapter, the definition for the term provided by Title 3 applies in that title.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 6.005, eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 22.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 22 - Definitions|Section 22.002. Authorized Corporate Surety

Sec. 22.002.  AUTHORIZED CORPORATE SURETY.  "Authorized corporate surety" means a domestic or foreign corporation authorized to engage in business in this state for the purpose of issuing surety, guaranty, or indemnity bonds that guarantee the fidelity of an executor or administrator.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 22.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 22 - Definitions|Section 22.003. Charitable Organization

Sec. 22.003.  CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION.  "Charitable organization" means:(1)  a nonprofit corporation, trust, community chest, fund, foundation, or other entity that is:(A)  exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by being described by Section 501(c)(3) of that code; and(B)  organized and operated exclusively for:(i)  religious, charitable, scientific, educational, or literary purposes;(ii)  testing for public safety;(iii)  preventing cruelty to children or animals; or(iv)  promoting amateur sports competition; or(2)  any other entity that is organized and operated exclusively for the purposes listed in Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code of 1986.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 22.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 22 - Definitions|Section 22.004. Child

Sec. 22.004.  CHILD.  (a)  "Child" includes an adopted child, regardless of whether the adoption occurred through:(1)  an existing or former statutory procedure; or(2)  an equitable adoption or acts of estoppel.(b)  The term "child" does not include a child who does not have a presumed father unless a provision of this code expressly states that a child who does not have a presumed father is included.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 844 (H.B. 2271), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Est Code § 22.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 22 - Definitions|Section 22.005. Claims

Sec. 22.005.  CLAIMS.  "Claims" includes:(1)  liabilities of a decedent that survive the decedent's death, including taxes, regardless of whether the liabilities arise in contract or tort or otherwise;(2)  funeral expenses;(3)  the expense of a tombstone;(4)  expenses of administration;(5)  estate and inheritance taxes; and(6)  debts due such estates.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 22.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 22 - Definitions|Section 22.006. Corporate Fiduciary

Sec. 22.006.  CORPORATE FIDUCIARY.  "Corporate fiduciary" means a financial institution, as defined by Section 201.101, Finance Code, that:(1)  is existing or engaged in business under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States;(2)  has trust powers; and(3)  is authorized by law to act under the order or appointment of a court of record, without giving bond, as receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, or, although the financial institution does not have general depository powers, depository for any money paid into the court, or to become sole guarantor or surety in or on any bond required to be given under the laws of this state.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 22.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 22 - Definitions|Section 22.007. Court; County Court, Probate Court, and Statutory Probate Court

Sec. 22.007.  COURT; COUNTY COURT, PROBATE COURT, AND STATUTORY PROBATE COURT.  (a)  "Court" means and includes:(1)  a county court in the exercise of its probate jurisdiction;(2)  a court created by statute and authorized to exercise original probate jurisdiction; and(3)  a district court exercising original probate jurisdiction in a contested matter.(b)  The terms "county court" and "probate court" are synonymous and mean:(1)  a county court in the exercise of its probate jurisdiction;(2)  a court created by statute and authorized to exercise original probate jurisdiction; and(3)  a district court exercising probate jurisdiction in a contested matter.(c)  "Statutory probate court" means a court created by statute and designated as a statutory probate court under Chapter 25, Government Code.  For purposes of this code, the term does not include a county court at law exercising probate jurisdiction unless the court is designated a statutory probate court under Chapter 25, Government Code.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 22.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 22 - Definitions|Section 22.008. Devise

Sec. 22.008.  DEVISE.  "Devise":(1)  used as a noun, includes a testamentary disposition of real property, personal property, or both; and(2)  used as a verb, means to dispose of real property, personal property, or both, by will.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 22.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 22 - Definitions|Section 22.009. Devisee

Sec. 22.009.  DEVISEE.  "Devisee" includes a legatee.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 22.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 22 - Definitions|Section 22.010. Distributee

Sec. 22.010.  DISTRIBUTEE.  "Distributee" means a person who is entitled to a part of the estate of a decedent under a lawful will or the statutes of descent and distribution.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 22.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 22 - Definitions|Section 22.011. Docket

Sec. 22.011.  DOCKET.  "Docket" means the probate docket.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 22.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 22 - Definitions|Section 22.012. Estate

Sec. 22.012.  ESTATE.  "Estate" means a decedent's property, as that property:(1)  exists originally and as the property changes in form by sale, reinvestment, or otherwise;(2)  is augmented by any accretions and other additions to the property, including any property to be distributed to the decedent's representative by the trustee of a trust that terminates on the decedent's death, and substitutions for the property; and(3)  is diminished by any decreases in or distributions from the property.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 22.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 22 - Definitions|Section 22.013. Exempt Property

Sec. 22.013.  EXEMPT PROPERTY.  "Exempt property" means the property in a decedent's estate that is exempt from execution or forced sale by the constitution or laws of this state, and any allowance paid instead of that property.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 22.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 22 - Definitions|Section 22.014. Governmental Agency of the State

Sec. 22.014.  GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OF THE STATE.  "Governmental agency of the state" means:(1)  a municipality;(2)  a county;(3)  a public school district;(4)  a special-purpose district or authority;(5)  a board, commission, department, office, or other agency in the executive branch of state government, including an institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code;(6)  the legislature or a legislative agency;(7)  the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, or a district, county, or justice of the peace court;(8)  a judicial agency having statewide jurisdiction; and(9)  the State Bar of Texas.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 22.015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 22 - Definitions|Section 22.015. Heir

Sec. 22.015.  HEIR.  "Heir" means a person who is entitled under the statutes of descent and distribution to a part of the estate of a decedent who dies intestate.  The term includes the decedent's surviving spouse.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 22.016 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 22 - Definitions|Section 22.016. Incapacitated Person

Sec. 22.016.  INCAPACITATED PERSON.  A person is "incapacitated" if the person:(1)  is a minor;(2)  is an adult who, because of a physical or mental condition, is substantially unable to:(A)  provide food, clothing, or shelter for himself or herself;(B)  care for the person's own physical health; or(C)  manage the person's own financial affairs; or(3)  must have a guardian appointed for the person to receive funds due the person from a governmental source.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 22.017 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 22 - Definitions|Section 22.017. Independent Executor

Sec. 22.017.  INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR.  "Independent executor" means the personal representative of an estate under independent administration as provided by Chapter 401 and Section 402.001.  The term includes an independent administrator.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 6.006, eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 22.018 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 22 - Definitions|Section 22.018. Interested Person; Person Interested

Sec. 22.018.  INTERESTED PERSON; PERSON INTERESTED.  "Interested person" or "person interested" means:(1)  an heir, devisee, spouse, creditor, or any other having a property right in or claim against an estate being administered; and(2)  anyone interested in the welfare of an incapacitated person, including a minor.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 22.019 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 22 - Definitions|Section 22.019. Judge

Sec. 22.019.  JUDGE.  "Judge" means the presiding judge of any court having original jurisdiction over probate proceedings, regardless of whether the court is:(1)  a county court in the exercise of its probate jurisdiction;(2)  a court created by statute and authorized to exercise probate jurisdiction; or(3)  a district court exercising probate jurisdiction in a contested matter.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 22.020 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 22 - Definitions|Section 22.020. Legacy

Sec. 22.020.  LEGACY.  "Legacy" includes a gift or devise of real or personal property made by a will.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 22.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 22 - Definitions|Section 22.021. Legatee

Sec. 22.021.  LEGATEE.  "Legatee" includes a person who is entitled to a legacy under a will.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 22.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 22 - Definitions|Section 22.022. Minor

Sec. 22.022.  MINOR.  "Minor" means a person younger than 18 years of age who:(1)  has never been married; and(2)  has not had the disabilities of minority removed for general purposes.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 22.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 22 - Definitions|Section 22.024. Mortgage; Lien

Sec. 22.024.  MORTGAGE; LIEN.  "Mortgage" and "lien" include:(1)  a deed of trust;(2)  a vendor's lien, a mechanic's, materialman's, or laborer's lien, an attachment or garnishment lien, and a federal or state tax lien;(3)  a chattel mortgage;(4)  a judgment; and(5)  a pledge by hypothecation.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.|