Texas Property Code Title 5, Chapter 41 - Interests In Land

SUBCHAPTER A EXEMPTIONS IN LAND DEFINED

• Texas Section 41.001 - Interests In Land Exempt From Seizure
  (a) A homestead and one or more lots used for a place of burial of the dead are exempt from seizure for the claims of...
• Texas Section 41.002 - Definition Of Homestead
  (a) If used for the purposes of an urban home or as both an urban home and a place to exercise a calling or business,...
• Texas Section 41.0021 - Homestead In Qualifying Trust
  (a) In this section, "qualifying trust" means an express trust: (1) in which the instrument or court order creating the express trust provides that a...
• Texas Section 41.003 - Temporary Renting Of A Homestead
  Temporary renting of a homestead does not change its homestead character if the homestead claimant has not acquired another homestead. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th...
• Texas Section 41.004 - Abandonment Of A Homestead
  If a homestead claimant is married, a homestead cannot be abandoned without the consent of the claimant's spouse. Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch....
• Texas Section 41.005 - Voluntary Designation Of Homestead
  (a) If a rural homestead of a family is part of one or more parcels containing a total of more than 200 acres, the head...
• Texas Section 41.0051 - Disclaimer And Disclosure Required
  (a) A person may not deliver a written advertisement offering, for a fee, to designate property as a homestead as provided by Section 41.005 unless...
• Texas Section 41.006 - Certain Sales Of Homestead
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), any sale or purported sale in whole or in part of a homestead at a fixed purchase price...
• Texas Section 41.007 - Home Improvement Contract
  (a) A contract for improvements to an existing residence described by Section 41.001(b)(3) must contain: (1) the contractor's certificate of registration number from the Texas...

SUBCHAPTER B DESIGNATION OF A HOMESTEAD IN AID OF ENFORCEMENT OF A JUDGMENT DEBT

• Texas Section 41.008 - Conflict With Federal Law
  To the extent of any conflict between this subchapter and any federal law that imposes an upper limit on the amount, including the monetary amount...
• Texas Section 41.021 - Notice To Designate
  If an execution is issued against a holder of an interest in land of which a homestead may be a part and the judgment debtor...
• Texas Section 41.022 - Designation By Homestead Claimant
  At any time before 10 a.m. on the Monday next after the expiration of 20 days after the date of service of the notice to...
• Texas Section 41.023 - Designation By Commissioner
  (a) If a judgment debtor who has not made a voluntary designation of a homestead under Section 41.005 does not designate a homestead as provided...
• Texas Section 41.024 - Sale Of Excess
  An officer holding an execution sale of property of a judgment debtor whose homestead has been designated under this chapter may sell the excess of...

Last modified: September 28, 2016