Tex. Prop. Code § 25.002 · Chapter 25. TRIAL OF RIGHT OF PROPERTY

DAMAGES.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

If a claimant in a trial of the right of property does not establish a right to the property, the court shall adjudge damages against the obligors in the claimant's bond equal to 10 percent of the lesser of:

(1) the property's value; or

(2) the amount claimed under the writ levied against the property.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3517, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.25.htm
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