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  • § 281.004. ADVERSE POSSESSION.

    Tex. Transportation Code § 281.004 · Texas · Statutes

    Code tn › Chapter 281 › Section 281.004

    For purposes of this chapter, adverse possession is not established by the: (1) use of a private road by the public with the permission of the owner; or (2) maintenance with public funds of a private

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  • § 16.030. TITLE THROUGH ADVERSE POSSESSION.

    Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.030 · Texas · Statutes

    Code cp › Chapter 16 › Section 16.030

    (a) If an action for the recovery of real property is barred under this chapter, the person who holds the property in peaceable and adverse possession has full title, precluding all claims. … (b) A person may not acquire through adverse possession any right or title to real property dedicated to public use.

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  • § 16.0265.

    Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.0265 · Texas · Statutes

    Code cp › Chapter 16 › Section 16.0265

    ADVERSE POSSESSION BY COTENANT HEIR: 15-YEAR COMBINED LIMITATIONS PERIOD. … (c) To make a claim of adverse possession against a cotenant heir under this section, the cotenant heir or heirs claiming adverse possession must: (1) file in the deed records of the county in which the

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  • § 16.026.

    Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.026 · Texas · Statutes

    Code cp › Chapter 16 › Section 16.026

    ADVERSE POSSESSION: 10-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD. … If the number of enclosed acres exceeds 160 acres, peaceable and adverse possession extends to the real property actually enclosed.

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  • § 16.028.

    Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.028 · Texas · Statutes

    Code cp › Chapter 16 › Section 16.028

    ADVERSE POSSESSION WITH RECORDED INSTRUMENT: 25-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD. … (b) Adverse possession of any part of the real property held under a recorded deed or other recorded instrument that purports to convey the property extends to and includes all of the property described

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  • § 16.034. ATTORNEY'S FEES.

    Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.034 · Texas · Statutes

    Code cp › Chapter 16 › Section 16.034

    (a) In a suit for the possession of real property between a person claiming under record title to the property and one claiming by adverse possession, if the prevailing party recovers possession of the … possession made a claim of adverse possession that was groundless and made in bad faith; and (2) may award costs and reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party in the absence of a finding described

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  • § 16.021. DEFINITIONS.

    Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.021 · Texas · Statutes

    Code cp › Chapter 16 › Section 16.021

    In this subchapter: (1) "Adverse possession" means an actual and visible appropriation of real property, commenced and continued under a claim of right that is inconsistent with and is hostile to the … (3) "Peaceable possession" means possession of real property that is continuous and is not interrupted by an adverse suit to recover the property.

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  • § 16.024.

    Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.024 · Texas · Statutes

    Code cp › Chapter 16 › Section 16.024

    ADVERSE POSSESSION: THREE-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD. … A person must bring suit to recover real property held by another in peaceable and adverse possession under title or color of title not later than three years after the day the cause of action accrues.

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  • § 16.027.

    Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.027 · Texas · Statutes

    Code cp › Chapter 16 › Section 16.027

    ADVERSE POSSESSION: 25-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD NOTWITHSTANDING DISABILITY. … possession by another who cultivates, uses, or enjoys the property.

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  • § 16.025.

    Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.025 · Texas · Statutes

    Code cp › Chapter 16 › Section 16.025

    ADVERSE POSSESSION: FIVE-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD. … (a) A person must bring suit not later than five years after the day the cause of action accrues to recover real property held in peaceable and adverse possession by another who: (1) cultivates, uses,

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  • § 16.032. ADJACENT LAND.

    Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.032 · Texas · Statutes

    Code cp › Chapter 16 › Section 16.032

    Possession of land that belongs to another by a person owning or claiming 5,000 or more fenced acres that adjoin the land is not peaceable and adverse as described by Section 16.026 unless: (1) the land … from the adjacent enclosed tract by a substantial fence; (2) at least one-tenth of the land is cultivated and used for agricultural purposes or used for manufacturing purposes; or (3) there is actual possession

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  • § 16.031. ENCLOSED LAND.

    Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.031 · Texas · Statutes

    Code cp › Chapter 16 › Section 16.031

    (b) Possession of the interior tract by the owner or claimant of the surrounding land is not peaceable and adverse possession as described by Section 16.026 unless: (1) the interior tract is separated

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  • § 16.023. TACKING OF SUCCESSIVE INTERESTS.

    Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.023 · Texas · Statutes

    Code cp › Chapter 16 › Section 16.023

    To satisfy a limitations period, peaceable and adverse possession does not need to continue in the same person, but there must be privity of estate between each holder and his successor.

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  • § 281.002. ACQUISITION OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN PRIVATE ROAD.

    Tex. Transportation Code § 281.002 · Texas · Statutes

    Code tn › Chapter 281 › Section 281.002

    A county may acquire a public interest in a private road only by: (1) purchase; (2) condemnation; (3) dedication; or (4) a court's final judgment of adverse possession.

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  • § 7.603. CONFLICTING CLAIMS; INTERPLEADER.

    Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 7.603 · Texas · Statutes

    Code bc › Chapter 7 › Section 7.603

    If more than one person claims title to or possession of the goods, the bailee is excused from delivery until the bailee has a reasonable time to ascertain the validity of the adverse claims or to commence

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  • § 17.003. SUIT AGAINST NONRESIDENT OR TRANSIENT PROPERTY OWNER.

    Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 17.003 · Texas · Statutes

    Code cp › Chapter 17 › Section 17.003

    to property, settling a lien or encumbrance on property, or determining an estate, interest, lien, or encumbrance, a person who claims an interest in the property may sue another person who claims an adverse … The plaintiff is not required to have actual possession of the property.

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  • § 204.254. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INVESTIGATIVE INFORMATION.

    Tex. Occupations Code § 204.254 · Texas · Statutes

    Code oc › Chapter 204 › Section 204.254

    A complaint, adverse report, investigation file, other report, or other investigative information in the possession of or received or gathered by the physician assistant board or a board employee or agent

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  • § 801.351. EXISTENCE OF VETERINARIAN-CLIENT-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP.

    Tex. Occupations Code § 801.351 · Texas · Statutes

    Code oc › Chapter 801 › Section 801.351

    assumes responsibility for medical judgments regarding the health of an animal and a client, who is the owner or other caretaker of the animal, agrees to follow the veterinarian's instructions; (2) possesses … animal to initiate at least a general or preliminary diagnosis of the animal's medical condition; and (3) is readily available to provide, or has provided, follow-up medical care in the event of an adverse

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  • § 22.041. PLEA FOR REMOVAL OF IMPROVEMENTS.

    Tex. Property Code § 22.041 · Texas · Statutes

    Code pr › Chapter 22 › Section 22.041

    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 … (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

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  • § 22.021. CLAIM FOR IMPROVEMENTS.

    Tex. Property Code § 22.021 · Texas · Statutes

    Code pr › Chapter 22 › Section 22.021

    (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 … (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

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