Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 51.251 · Subchapter F. PATENTS
PARTIAL CONFLICT OF TITLE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If there is only a partial conflict of title under a patent, the commissioner in the manner provided in Section 51.250 of this code may cancel any patent presented to him and issue a patent to the applicant for the portion of the land that is covered by his original patent but that is not in conflict with the older title if the area can be determined from the field notes.
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History
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2437, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
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