Tex. Prop. Code § 23.005
Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
The judge of a court that hears an action to partition real property shall examine the report of the commissioners appointed to partition the property and shall determine from the report and from evidence submitted by the parties the complexity and difficulty of making the partition. The court shall then award the commissioners, and any surveyor appointed by the court or retained by the commissioners, a reasonable fee for the services rendered. The fees awarded shall be taxed and collected as costs of court in the same manner as the other costs in the action.
Tex. Prop. Code § 23.005