{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-51.243","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.243","heading":"REQUISITES OF A PATENT.","body":"(a) Each patent for land from the state shall be issued in the name and by authority of the state under the state seal and the land office seal and shall be signed by the governor and countersigned by the commissioner.\n(b) Before the patent is delivered to the person who is entitled to it, it shall be registered in the land office patent book.\nActs 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2436, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 300, Sec. 35, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.","path":["NATURAL RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC DOMAIN","SUBTITLE D. DISPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN","CHAPTER 51. LAND, TIMBER, AND SURFACE RESOURCES","SUBCHAPTER F. PATENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.51.htm#51.243","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:28Z","sha256":"528a195da41f286a85d4edad02ab83a09761c230284483884d8d128ea2fef96d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-51.242","next":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-51.244"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}