{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-17.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 17.003","heading":"SUIT AGAINST NONRESIDENT OR TRANSIENT PROPERTY OWNER.","body":"For the purpose of establishing title to property, settling a lien or encumbrance on property, or determining an estate, interest, lien, or encumbrance, a person who claims an interest in the property may sue another person who claims an adverse interest or a lien or encumbrance but resides outside this state, resides in an unknown place, or is a transient. The plaintiff is not required to have actual possession of the property.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL","SUBTITLE B. TRIAL MATTERS","CHAPTER 17. PARTIES; CITATION; LONG-ARM JURISDICTION","SUBCHAPTER A. PARTIES TO SUIT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.17.htm#17.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"f7d199b2b69fd4a1843104dc083ac29daf25966a52136f01f23b5a29ebe2306a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-17.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-17.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}