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Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code - CIV PRAC & REM § 16.025. Adverse Possession: Five-Year Limitations Period

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A person must bring suit not later than five years after the day the cause of action accrues to recover real property held in peaceable and adverse possession by another who:

(1) cultivates, uses, or enjoys the property;

(2) pays applicable taxes on the property; and

(3) claims the property under a duly registered deed.

(b) This section does not apply to a claim based on a quitclaim deed, a forged deed, or a deed executed under a forged power of attorney.

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