Texas Property Code

§ 23.004 — EFFECT OF PARTITION

PR § 23.004Title 4. ACTIONS AND REMEDIES · Ch. 23. PARTITION

Statute text

(a)A person allotted a share of or an interest in real property in a partition action holds the property or interest in severalty under the conditions and covenants that applied to the property prior to the partition.

(b)A court decree confirming a report of commissioners in partition of real property gives a recipient of an interest in the property a title equivalent to a conveyance of the interest by a warranty deed from the other parties in the action.

(c)Except as provided by this chapter, a partition of real property does not affect a right in the property.

Legislative history

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3513, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.