Tex. Transp. Code § 341.004 · Chapter 341. PRIVATE CAUSEWAYS
STATEMENT OF LOCATION; PRIORITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Not later than the 90th day after the date the building of a structure begins, the individual, corporation, or association that owns the structure shall file for record with the clerk of the county in which the greater part of the structure is located:
(1) a sworn statement showing:
(A) the location of the structure;
(B) the name and size of the structure;
(C) the name of the body of water the structure will cross;
(D) the date the work began; and
(E) the name of the individual, corporation, or association; and
(2) a map designating the location of the structure.
(b) The right of the individual, corporation, or association to build the structure relates back to the time of the filing of the statement and the map, and the first individual, corporation, or association to file has priority over a subsequent filing.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.341.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 c7886b971da3fdeaab642bd397048f37de1201021f1f8a11bf33653b577d3914
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.