Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 263.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR REAL PROPERTY
SALE OR LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioners court of a county, by an order entered in its minutes, may appoint a commissioner to sell or lease real property owned by the county. The sale or lease must be made at a public auction held in accordance with this section unless this chapter provides otherwise.
(b) The appointed commissioner must publish notice of the auction before the 20th day before the date the auction is held. The notice must be published in English in a newspaper in the county in which the real property is located and in the county that owns the real property if not the same county. The notice must be published once a week for three consecutive weeks before the date the auction is held.
(c) If the real property is sold, a deed that is made on behalf of the county by the appointed commissioner in conformance with the order entered under Subsection (a) and that is properly acknowledged, proved, and recorded is sufficient to convey the county's interest in the property.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.263.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
Cited by 8 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 263.001. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Health and Safety Code
Local Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 263.002ABANDONED SEAWALL OR HIGHWAY PROPERTY.Printed as Section 263.001
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 263.004RESTRICTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND LIMITATIONS.Printed as Section 263.001
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 263.008BROKER AGREEMENTS AND FEES FOR THE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY.Printed as Section 263.001
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 270.008DISPOSAL OF SUPER COLLIDER PROPERTY.Printed as Sections 263.001 and 272.001
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