Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.025

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

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, or enjoys the property;

(2) pays applicable taxes on the property; and

(3) claims the property under a duly registered deed.

(b) This section does not apply to a claim based on a quitclaim deed, a forged deed, or a deed executed under a forged power of attorney.

Tex. Civ. Prac. and Rem. Code § 16.025

Amended by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 94,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2021.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1985.