Tex. Fam. Code § 5.001 · Subchapter A. SALE OF HOMESTEAD; GENERAL RULE
SALE, CONVEYANCE, OR ENCUMBRANCE OF HOMESTEAD.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Whether the homestead is the separate property of either spouse or community property, neither spouse may sell, convey, or encumber the homestead without the joinder of the other spouse except as provided in this chapter or by other rules of law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.5.htm
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- sha256 4afcd2fce3503aeff5356929c6eec56bf8be7520f36ae166d8934ec0b6bc850f
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- 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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