Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Occupations Code § 1201.213: ELIGIBILITY TO SIGN RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP AGREEMENT.

(a) A person is eligible to sign a right of survivorship agreement under this subchapter if the person:
(1) is married and the spouse of the signing person is the only other party to the agreement;
(2) is unmarried and attests to that unmarried status by affidavit; or
(3) is married and provides the department with an affidavit from the signing person's spouse that attests that the signing person's interest in the manufactured home is the signing person's separate property.
(b) If the statement of ownership is being issued in connection with the sale of the home, the seller is not eligible to sign a right of survivorship agreement under this subchapter unless the seller is the child, grandchild, parent, grandparent, or sibling of each other person signing the agreement. A family relationship required by this subsection may be a relationship established by adoption.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 2, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 338, Sec. 23, eff. June 18, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 408 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 40, eff. September 1, 2017.

Where this section sits in the code

OCCUPATIONS CODE
TITLE 7. PRACTICES AND PROFESSIONS RELATED TO REAL PROPERTY AND HOUSING
SUBTITLE C. REGULATION OF CERTAIN TYPES OF HOUSING AND BUILDINGS
CHAPTER 1201. MANUFACTURED HOUSING
SUBCHAPTER E. MANUFACTURED HOME STATEMENTS OF OWNERSHIP

(a) A person is eligible to sign a right of survivorship agreement under this subchapter if the person:

(1) is married and the spouse of the signing person is the only other party to the agreement;

(2) is unmarried and attests to that unmarried status by affidavit; or

(3) is married and provides the department with an affidavit from the signing person's spouse that attests that the signing person's interest in the manufactured home is the signing person's separate property.

(b) If the statement of ownership is being issued in connection with the sale of the home, the seller is not eligible to sign a right of survivorship agreement under this subchapter unless the seller is the child, grandchild, parent, grandparent, or sibling of each other person signing the agreement. A family relationship required by this subsection may be a relationship established by adoption.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 2, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 338, Sec. 23, eff. June 18, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 408 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 40, eff. September 1, 2017.

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