Tex. Agric. Code § 142.007 · Chapter 142. ESTRAYS
JUSTICE COURT PETITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A petition seeking a justice court determination of the amount of a redemption payment or the amount of a collection fee must contain the following information:
(1) the name of the owner of the estray;
(2) a description of the estray;
(3) the number of days the estray was trespassing;
(4) the name of the owner or occupant of the property;
(5) the purpose for which the land on which the trespass occurred is used; and
(6) a statement that the estray owner and the owner or occupant of the property are unable to agree on the amount of the payment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 51, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 191 (S.B. 1357), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2011.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.142.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Agric. Code § 142.007. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Agriculture Code
- Tex. Agric. Code § 142.005COLLECTION FEE.Printed as Section 142.007
- Tex. Agric. Code § 142.006AMOUNT OF REDEMPTION PAYMENT.Printed as Section 142.007
- Tex. Agric. Code § 142.008APPEAL OF COURT AWARD.Printed as Section 142.007
- Tex. Agric. Code § 142.010RECOVERY OF IMPOUNDED ESTRAY BY OWNER.Printed as Section 142.007
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