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Texas Local Government Code - Chapter 72 County Boundaries

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  • Texas Local Government Code Section 72.001 - Boundary Survey; Appointment Of Surveyor
    (a) If a county court finds, or is notified by the commissioner of the General Land Office, that the boundary or part of a boundary ...
  • Texas Local Government Code Section 72.002 - Notice To Adjacent County; Appointment Of Additional Surveyor
    (a) A county court that orders a boundary survey shall give notice of the survey to the county court of any other county that has ...
  • Texas Local Government Code Section 72.003 - Boundary Markers
    (a) The initial corners of the survey shall be designated by boundary markers. (b) Only a post, a stone monument, or a mound may be ...
  • Texas Local Government Code Section 72.004 - Duties Of Surveyor; Field Notes
    (a) A surveyor appointed under this chapter shall describe the initial corners of the boundary lines on the boundary markers established at the corners. The ...
  • Texas Local Government Code Section 72.005 - Oath And Bond Of Surveyor
    (a) Before performing duties under this chapter, a surveyor must take the oath of office prescribed by the constitution for appointed officers and must execute ...
  • Texas Local Government Code Section 72.006 - Payment Of Expenses
    (a) The counties that have an interest in the boundary lines in question shall divide the expenses incurred in making the survey and establishing the ...
  • Texas Local Government Code Section 72.007 - Effect Of Failure Of Appointed Surveyor To Appear
    If either of the surveyors appointed under Sections 72.001 and 72.002 is absent at the time and place scheduled for the beginning of the survey, ...
  • Texas Local Government Code Section 72.008 - Effect Of Failure To Agree On Boundary
    (a) If the surveyors appointed under Sections 72.001 and 72.002 fail to agree on the boundary line in question between their respective counties, they shall ...
  • Texas Local Government Code Section 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 ...
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    Last modified: August 10, 2007