Tex. Prop. Code § 5.255 · Subchapter H. PURCHASE OR ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY BY CERTAIN FOREIGN INDIVIDUALS OR ENTITIES
INVESTIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL; LAW ENFORCEMENT REFERRAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The attorney general shall establish procedures to examine a purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property and determine whether an investigation of a possible violation of this subchapter is warranted.
(b) If the attorney general determines that an investigation of a purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property is warranted under this section, the attorney general shall investigate the purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property and determine whether a violation of this subchapter occurred.
(c) If the attorney general determines that a violation of this subchapter occurred, the attorney general:
(1) may bring an in rem action against real property to enforce this subchapter in a district court in the county where all or part of the real property that is the subject of the violation is located; and
(2) may refer the matter to the appropriate local, state, or federal law enforcement agency.
(d) The attorney general shall record notice of an action brought under Subsection (c) in the real property records of each county where any part of the real property subject to the action is located.
(e) Except for an acquisition of a leasehold interest, a purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property in violation of Section 5.253 is not void because of the violation, and the validity or enforceability by any person of a purchase contract for or the conveyance of an interest in the real property is not otherwise affected by the violation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 956 (S.B. 17), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.
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