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

Tex. Transportation Code § 202.028: CORRECTION OF ERROR OR AMBIGUITY IN INSTRUMENT.

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  1. TRANSPORTATION CODE
  2. TITLE 6. ROADWAYS
  3. SUBTITLE A. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
  4. CHAPTER 202. CONTROL OF TRANSPORTATION ASSETS
  5. SUBCHAPTER B. SALE, EXCHANGE, OR RETURN OF HIGHWAY PROPERTY

(a) The governor, on the recommendation of the commission, shall execute and deliver a quitclaim deed, correction deed, or other conveyance necessary to resolve an ambiguity or error in an instrument that conveyed an interest in real property to the state for a highway right-of-way.

(b) The ambiguity or error may be for any reason, including a metes and bounds description that is incomplete or incorrect.

(c) The ambiguity or error must be of sufficient consequence to raise doubt as to the location or extent of the interest conveyed, or must have resulted in the acquisition of real property or an interest in real property not intended to be included and not needed for a highway purpose.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:44Z. Source file · JSON

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