Tex. Fin. Code § 347.254 · Subchapter F. PAYMENT OF INSURANCE AND TAXES
PAYMENT OF TAXES THROUGH THE CREDITOR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a creditor shall require a consumer to pay ad valorem taxes on the manufactured home through the creditor.
(b) The creditor may:
(1) include in the credit transaction an amount equal to a reasonable estimate of the tax for the first year; or
(2) require that the consumer pay on each installment due date an amount equal to one-twelfth of the reasonable estimate of the tax for the first year.
(c) The escrow requirement of Subsection (a) does not apply to a transaction involving a manufactured home if the creditor is a federally insured financial institution and does not otherwise require the escrow of taxes, insurance premiums, fees, or other charges in connection with loans secured by residential real property.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 338, Sec. 40, eff. June 18, 2003.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.347.htm
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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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