Tex. Const. art. XVI, § 49 · Article 16. GENERAL PROVISIONS
PROTECTION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY FROM FORCED SALE.
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Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
The Legislature shall have power, and it shall be its duty, to protect by law from forced sale a certain portion of the personal property of all heads of families, and also of unmarried adults, male and female.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Feb. 15, 1876.)
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CN/htm/CN.16.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
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