Tex. Prop. Code Section 65.002
Conditions for Authority to Act as Agent for Co-owner

A co-owner of residential property may act in the name of and on behalf of another co-owner, whether known or unknown, as the co-owner’s statutory agent and attorney-in-fact for the purposes described by Section 65.004 (Scope of Authority) if:

(1)

the co-owner has occupied the property for more than five years;

(2)

the co-owner has a residence homestead exemption for the property under Section 11.13 (Residence Homestead), Tax Code;

(3)

for the five years preceding the date the documents required by Section 65.003 (Required Documentation) are filed, the occupying co-owner has paid all assessed ad valorem taxes without delinquency and without contribution from the other co-owner; and

(4)

the occupying co-owner files the documents required by Section 65.003 (Required Documentation).
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 918 (S.B. 1368), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.
Redesignated from Property Code, Chapter 64 (Assignment of Rents to Lienholder) by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 22.001 (Trespass to Try Title)(39), eff. September 1, 2013.
Redesignated and amended from Property Code, Section 64.002 (Manner of Giving Notice) by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 22.002(29), eff. September 1, 2013.

Source: Section 65.002 — Conditions for Authority to Act as Agent for Co-owner, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.­65.­htm#65.­002 (accessed May 18, 2024).

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