{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-16.025","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.025","heading":"ADVERSE POSSESSION: FIVE-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD.","body":"(a) A person must bring suit not later than five years after the day the cause of action accrues to recover real property held in peaceable and adverse possession by another who:\n(1) cultivates, uses, or enjoys the property;\n(2) pays applicable taxes on the property; and\n(3) claims the property under a duly registered deed.\n(b) This section does not apply to a claim based on a quitclaim deed, a forged deed, or a deed executed under a forged power of attorney.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.\nAmended by:\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 94 (S.B. 885), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL","SUBTITLE B. TRIAL MATTERS","CHAPTER 16. LIMITATIONS","SUBCHAPTER B. LIMITATIONS OF REAL PROPERTY ACTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.16.htm#16.025","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"a6a10eb1476d467a43c8151d7f1f1cd76066821cada2c694fb9a083da8993288","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-16.024","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-16.026"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}