# Tex. Transportation Code § 281.003: DEDICATION

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C281_S281.003

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Transportation Code § 281.003
- **Heading:** DEDICATION
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 281 / Section 281.003

## Text

(a) For purposes of this chapter, a dedication must be:

(1) an explicit voluntary grant of the use of a private road for public purposes; and

(2) communicated in writing to the commissioners court of the county in which the real property is located.

(b) An oral dedication or intent to dedicate by overt act is not sufficient to establish a public interest in a private road under this chapter.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Transportation Code § 281.001 § 281.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C281_S281.001.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 281.002 § 281.002. ACQUISITION OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN PRIVATE ROAD.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C281_S281.002.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 281.003 § 281.003. DEDICATION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C281_S281.003.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 281.004 § 281.004. ADVERSE POSSESSION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C281_S281.004.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 281.005 § 281.005. RESOLUTION OF COMMISSIONERS COURT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C281_S281.005.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 281.006 § 281.006. NOTICE TO OWNER REQUIRED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C281_S281.006.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 281.007 § 281.007. CONTEST.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C281_S281.007.md)

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