Texas Property Code

§ 21.017 — ALTERNATIVE PLEADINGS

PR § 21.017Title 4. ACTIONS AND REMEDIES · Ch. 21. EMINENT DOMAIN · Art. B. PROCEDURE

Statute text

(a)This state, a political subdivision of this state, a person, an association of persons, or a corporation that is a party to a suit covered by Section 21.003 of this code by petition, cross-bill, or plea of intervention may assert a claim to the property or, alternatively, seek to condemn the property.

(b)A plea under this section is not an admission of an adverse party's title to the property in controversy.

Legislative history

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3501, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.