Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 253.008 · Chapter 253. SALE OR LEASE OF PROPERTY BY MUNICIPALITIES
SALE OF REAL PROPERTY BY PUBLIC AUCTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The governing body of a municipality may sell real property owned by the municipality by public auction or by sealed bid under Section 272.001.
(b) To sell real property by public auction, the governing body of a municipality shall publish notice of the auction before the 20th day before the date the auction is held. The notice for sale of the real property must be published once a week for three consecutive weeks before the date the auction is held in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the municipality is located and, if the real property is located in another county, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the real property is located. The notice must include a description of the real property, including its location, and the date, time, and location at which the auction is to be held.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 206, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993. Renumbered from Local Government Code Sec. 253.007 by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 17.01(39), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.253.htm
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Local Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 253.0125CONVEYANCE TO CERTAIN ENTITIES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.Printed as Section 253.008 or 272.001(a)
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 253.014BROKER AGREEMENTS AND FEES FOR SALE OF REAL PROPERTY BY HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY.Printed as Section 253.008
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 272.001NOTICE OF SALE OR EXCHANGE OF LAND BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION; EXCEPTIONS.Printed as Section 253.008
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