Tex. Prop. Code § 5.026 · Subchapter B. FORM AND CONSTRUCTION OF INSTRUMENTS
DISCRIMINATORY PROVISIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If a restriction that affects real property, or a provision in a deed that conveys real property or an interest in real property, whether express or incorporated by reference, prohibits the use by or the sale, lease, or transfer to a person because of race, color, religion, or national origin, the provision or restriction is void.
(b) A court shall dismiss a suit or part of a suit to enforce a provision that is void under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3483, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.5.htm
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Cited by 7 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Prop. Code § 5.026. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Property Code
- Tex. Prop. Code § 5.0261REMOVAL OF DISCRIMINATORY PROVISION FROM RECORDED CONVEYANCE INSTRUMENT.Printed as Section 5.026(a)
- Tex. Prop. Code § 201.002FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.Printed as Section 5.026
- Tex. Prop. Code § 201.007CONTENTS OF PETITION.Printed as Section 5.026
- Tex. Prop. Code § 210.003FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.Printed as Section 5.026
- Tex. Prop. Code § 211.003FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.Printed as Section 5.026
- Tex. Prop. Code § 216.002FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.Printed as Section 5.026
- Tex. Prop. Code § 216.012UNCONSTITUTIONAL RESTRICTIONS NOT EXTENDED.Printed as Section 5.026
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