Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.024 · Subchapter B. LIMITATIONS OF REAL PROPERTY ACTIONS
ADVERSE POSSESSION: THREE-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person must bring suit to recover real property held by another in peaceable and adverse possession under title or color of title not later than three years after the day the cause of action accrues.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.16.htm
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