{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-5.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 5.001","heading":"FEE SIMPLE.","body":"(a) An estate in land that is conveyed or devised is a fee simple unless the estate is limited by express words or unless a lesser estate is conveyed or devised by construction or operation of law. Words previously necessary at common law to transfer a fee simple estate are not necessary.\n(b) This section applies only to a conveyance occurring on or after February 5, 1840.\nActs 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3480, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 2. CONVEYANCES","CHAPTER 5. CONVEYANCES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.5.htm#5.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"017c0a48b5c4846771349ce1a1ccebadb3feab0386eeac3dfc340f406e740fe1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-2.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-5.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}