2023 Texas Statutes › Estates Code › Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney › Subtitle P - Durable Powers of Attorney › Chapter 752 - Statutory Durable Power of Attorney › Subchapter C. Construction of Powers Related to Statutory Durable Power of Attorney › Section 752.102. Real Property Transactions

Sec. 752.102.  REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS.  (a) The language conferring authority with respect to real property transactions in a statutory durable power of attorney empowers the agent, without further reference to a specific description of the real property, to:
(1)  accept as a gift or as security for a loan or reject, demand, buy, lease, receive, or otherwise acquire an interest in real property or a right incident to real property;
(2)  sell, exchange, convey with or without covenants, quitclaim, release, surrender, mortgage, encumber, partition or consent to partitioning, subdivide, apply for zoning, rezoning, or other governmental permits, plat or consent to platting, develop, grant options concerning, lease or sublet, or otherwise dispose of an estate or interest in real property or a right incident to real property;
(3)  release, assign, satisfy, and enforce by litigation, action, or otherwise a mortgage, deed of trust, encumbrance, lien, or other claim to real property that exists or is claimed to exist;
(4)  perform any act of management or of conservation with respect to an interest in real property, or a right incident to real property, owned or claimed to be owned by the principal, including the authority to:
(A)  insure against a casualty, liability, or loss;
(B)  obtain or regain possession or protect the interest or right by litigation, action, or otherwise;
(C)  pay, compromise, or contest taxes or assessments or apply for and receive refunds in connection with the taxes or assessments;
(D)  purchase supplies, hire assistance or labor, or make repairs or alterations to the real property; and
(E)  manage and supervise an interest in real property, including the mineral estate;
(5)  use, develop, alter, replace, remove, erect, or install structures or other improvements on real property in which the principal has or claims to have an estate, interest, or right;
(6)  participate in a reorganization with respect to real property or a legal entity that owns an interest in or right incident to real property, receive and hold shares of stock or obligations received in a plan or reorganization, and act with respect to the shares or obligations, including:
(A)  selling or otherwise disposing of the shares or obligations;
(B)  exercising or selling an option, conversion, or similar right with respect to the shares or obligations; and
(C)  voting the shares or obligations in person or by proxy;
(7)  change the form of title of an interest in or right incident to real property;
(8)  dedicate easements or other real property in which the principal has or claims to have an interest to public use, with or without consideration;
(9)  enter into mineral transactions, including:
(A)  negotiating and making oil, gas, and other mineral leases covering any land, mineral, or royalty interest in which the principal has or claims to have an interest;
(B)  pooling and unitizing all or part of the principal's land, mineral leasehold, mineral, royalty, or other interest with land, mineral leasehold, mineral, royalty, or other interest of one or more persons for the purpose of developing and producing oil, gas, or other minerals, and making leases or assignments granting the right to pool and unitize;
(C)  entering into contracts and agreements concerning the installation and operation of plants or other facilities for the cycling, repressuring, processing, or other treating or handling of oil, gas, or other minerals;
(D)  conducting or contracting for the conducting of seismic evaluation operations;
(E)  drilling or contracting for the drilling of wells for oil, gas, or other minerals;
(F)  contracting for and making "dry hole" and "bottom hole" contributions of cash, leasehold interests, or other interests toward the drilling of wells;
(G)  using or contracting for the use of any method of secondary or tertiary recovery of any mineral, including the injection of water, gas, air, or other substances;
(H)  purchasing oil, gas, or other mineral leases, leasehold interests, or other interests for any type of consideration, including farmout agreements requiring the drilling or reworking of wells or participation in the drilling or reworking of wells;
(I)  entering into farmout agreements committing the principal to assign oil, gas, or other mineral leases or interests in consideration for the drilling of wells or other oil, gas, or mineral operations;
(J)  negotiating the transfer of and transferring oil, gas, or other mineral leases or interests for any consideration, such as retained overriding royalty interests of any nature, drilling or reworking commitments, or production interests;
(K)  executing and entering into contracts, conveyances, and other agreements or transfers considered necessary or desirable to carry out the powers granted in this section, including entering into and executing division orders, oil, gas, or other mineral sales contracts, exploration agreements, processing agreements, and other contracts relating to the processing, handling, treating, transporting, and marketing of oil, gas, or other mineral production from or accruing to the principal and receiving and receipting for the proceeds of those contracts, conveyances, and other agreements and transfers on behalf of the principal; and
(L)  taking an action described by Paragraph (K) regardless of whether the action is, at the time the action is taken or subsequently, recognized or considered as a common or proper practice by those engaged in the business of prospecting for, developing, producing, processing, transporting, or marketing minerals; and
(10)  designate the property that constitutes the principal's homestead.
(b)  The power to mortgage and encumber real property provided by this section includes the power to execute documents necessary to create a lien against the principal's homestead as provided by Section 50, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and to consent to the creation of a lien against property owned by the principal's spouse in which the principal has a homestead interest.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.01, eff. January 1, 2014.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 834 (H.B. 1974), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2017.