Texas § CP.16.029 - EVIDENCE OF TITLE TO LAND BY LIMITATIONS

§ CP.16.029. EVIDENCE OF TITLE TO LAND BY LIMITATIONS

EVIDENCE OF TITLE TO LAND BY LIMITATIONS. (a) In a suit involving title to real property that is not claimed by this state, it is prima facie evidence that the title to the property has passed from the person holding apparent record title to an opposing party if it is shown that: (1) for one or more years during the 25 years preceding the filing of the suit the person holding apparent record title to the property did not exercise dominion over or pay taxes on the property; and (2) during that period the opposing parties and those whose estate they own have openly exercised dominion over and have asserted a claim to the land and have paid taxes on it annually before becoming delinquent for as long as 25 years. (b) This section does not affect a statute of limitations, a right to prove title by circumstantial evidence under the case law of this state, or a suit between a trustee and a beneficiary of the trust. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.