Tex. Tax Code § 33.42 · Subchapter C. DELINQUENT TAX SUITS
TAXES INCLUDED IN FORECLOSURE SUIT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In a suit to foreclose a lien securing payment of its tax on real property, a taxing unit shall include all delinquent taxes due the unit on the property.
(b) If a taxing unit's tax on real property becomes delinquent after the unit files suit to foreclose a tax lien on the property but before entry of judgment, the court shall include the amount of the tax and any penalty and interest in its judgment.
(c) If a tax required by this section to be included in a suit is omitted from the judgment in the suit, the taxing unit may not enforce collection of the tax at a later time except as provided by Section 34.04(c)(2).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2293, ch. 841, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1430, Sec. 21, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TX/htm/TX.33.htm
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