Texas Local Government Code - Section 72.009. Suit To Establish Boundaries
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§ 72.009. SUIT TO ESTABLISH BOUNDARIES. (a) A county may
bring suit against an adjacent county to establish the common
boundary line. The suit must be brought in the district court of a
county in an adjoining judicial district whose boundaries are not
affected by the suit and whose county seat is closest to the county
seat of the county that brings the suit. The court shall try the
suit in the same manner in which it tries other suits.
(b) The district court has jurisdiction to determine where
the boundary line is located and may order the line to be re-marked
and resurveyed. The line established by the district court shall be
treated as the true boundary between the counties unless the court
determines that the line in question was established under prior
law. If the district court determines that the boundary line has
been established under prior law, the court shall declare that line
to be the true boundary between the counties and shall have that
line resurveyed and established as the boundary.
(c) The commissioner of the General Land Office may not mark
a contested county line on the maps maintained by the land office
until a certified copy of the final judgment is filed in the land
office with a certified copy of the field notes of the boundary line
established by the judgment.
(d) The remedy provided by this section is in addition to
any other remedy prescribed by this chapter.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Section: 72.002 72.003 72.004 72.005 72.006 72.007 72.008 72.009 73.001 73.002 73.011 73.012 73.013 73.014 73.015
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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