Tex. Prop. Code § 5.0141 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
NOTICE REQUIRED BEFORE CONTRACT EXECUTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The notice required by Section 5.014 shall be given to the prospective purchaser before the execution of a binding contract of purchase and sale, either separately or as an addendum or paragraph of a purchase contract.
(b) In the event a contract of purchase and sale is entered into without the seller providing the notice, the purchaser is entitled to terminate the contract for any reason, not later than the seventh day after the date the purchaser receives the notice. A purchaser may terminate the contract under this subsection only if the municipality or county filed a copy of the service plan with the county clerk in accordance with Section 372.013, Local Government Code, before the date the contract was entered into.
(c) If, however, the seller furnishes the notice at or before closing the purchase and sale contract and the purchaser elects to close even though the notice was not timely furnished before execution of the contract, it shall be conclusively presumed that the purchaser has waived all rights to terminate the contract under Subsection (b) or recover damages or other remedies or rights under Section 5.0145.
(d) Notwithstanding any provision of this section, Section 5.014, 5.0142, 5.0143, 5.0144, or 5.0145, all sellers, title companies, real estate brokers, and examining attorneys, and any agent, representative, or person acting on their behalf, are not liable for damages under Section 5.0145, or for any other damages to any person, for:
(1) failing to provide the notice to a purchaser before execution of a binding contract of purchase and sale or at or before the closing of the purchase and sale contract when the municipality or county has not filed the service plan as required by Section 372.013, Local Government Code; or
(2) unintentionally providing a notice that is not the correct notice under the circumstances before execution of a binding contract of purchase and sale, or at or before the closing of the purchase and sale contract.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 253 (H.B. 1543), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2021.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 408 (H.B. 2468), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.5.htm
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Property Code
- Tex. Prop. Code § 5.014NOTICE OF OBLIGATIONS RELATED TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.Printed as Section 5.014 | Section 5.014, 5.0142, 5.0143, 5.0144, or 5.0145
- Tex. Prop. Code § 5.0142PURCHASER SIGNATURE REQUIRED.Printed as Section 5.014, 5.0142, 5.0143, 5.0144, or 5.0145
- Tex. Prop. Code § 5.0143RECORDING OF NOTICE AT CLOSING.Printed as Section 5.014, 5.0142, 5.0143, 5.0144, or 5.0145
- Tex. Prop. Code § 5.0144RELIANCE ON FILED SERVICE PLAN.Printed as Section 5.014, 5.0142, 5.0143, 5.0144, or 5.0145
- Tex. Prop. Code § 5.0145SUITS FOR DAMAGES.Printed as Section 5.014, 5.0142, 5.0143, 5.0144, or 5.0145 | Section 5.0145
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