Texas Government Code
§ 27.034 — DEED RESTRICTION JURISDICTION
GV § 27.034Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Part A. COURTS · Ch. 27. JUSTICE COURTS · Art. B. JURISDICTION AND POWERS
Statute text
View on source(a)A justice court has jurisdiction of suits relating to enforcement of a deed restriction of a residential subdivision that does not concern a structural change to a dwelling.
(b)The petitioner in a dispute concerning a deed restriction shall present as evidence at the first hearing in the dispute:
(1)a certified copy of the deed or other document that establishes the restriction on the property; and
(2)other documents necessary to demonstrate that the restriction applies to the property in dispute.
(c)In a dispute concerning a deed restriction, a justice of the peace may order any alternative method of dispute resolution provided by Title 7, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
(d)The jurisdiction provided by this section is concurrent with the jurisdiction of the district court.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1022, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 136, Sec. 1, eff. May 19, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 672, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 1999.