{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-1160.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 1160.053","heading":"SCHEDULING OF HEARING ON APPLICATION; CONTINUANCE.","body":"(a) Immediately after the filing of a lease application under Section 1160.052, the county clerk shall call the filing of the application to the court's attention. The judge shall promptly make and enter a brief order designating the time and place for hearing the application.\n(b) If the hearing is not held at the time originally designated by the court or by a timely continuance order entered, the hearing shall be continued automatically without further notice to the same time on the following day, other than Sundays and holidays on which the county courthouse is officially closed, and from day to day until the lease application is finally acted on and disposed of by court order. Notice of an automatic continuance is not required.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 3. GUARDIANSHIP AND RELATED PROCEDURES","SUBTITLE E. ADMINISTRATION OF GUARDIANSHIP","CHAPTER 1160. MATTERS RELATING TO MINERAL PROPERTIES","SUBCHAPTER B. MINERAL LEASES AFTER PUBLIC NOTICE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.1160.htm#1160.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"d1a886795053480212a28618405fd86975ce7626f1439a6ea037d49faa50cdb0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-1160.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-1160.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}