Texas Local Government Code

§ 232.156 — CIVIL ACTION FOR RECEIVERSHIP

LG § 232.156Title 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES · Part B. COUNTY REGULATORY AUTHORITY · Ch. 232. COUNTY REGULATION OF SUBDIVISIONS · Art. F. ABANDONED, UNOCCUPIED, AND UNDEVELOPED

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(a)After a final determination that a platted lot is abandoned, unoccupied, and undeveloped, the county shall bring a civil action to have the lot placed in a receivership. On a final determination that a platted lot is abandoned, unoccupied, and undeveloped as provided by this subchapter, an owner or lienholder's rights and legal interests are extinguished, subject to the provisions of this subchapter regarding any net proceeds resulting from the disposition of the property, and transferred to the receiver.

(b)The only allegations required to be pleaded in an action for receivership brought under this section are:

(1)the identification of the applicable lot;

(2)the relationship of the defendant to the real property;

(3)the notice of the administrative hearing given to the owner; and

(4)the administrative determination that the lot has been abandoned, unoccupied, and undeveloped.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1010 (H.B. 1564), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.