{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-5.023","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 5.023","heading":"IMPLIED COVENANTS.","body":"(a) Unless the conveyance expressly provides otherwise, the use of \"grant\" or \"convey\" in a conveyance of an estate of inheritance or fee simple implies only that the grantor and the grantor's heirs covenant to the grantee and the grantee's heirs or assigns:\n(1) that prior to the execution of the conveyance the grantor has not conveyed the estate or any interest in the estate to a person other than the grantee; and\n(2) that at the time of the execution of the conveyance the estate is free from encumbrances.\n(b) An implied covenant under this section may be the basis for a lawsuit as if it had been expressed in the conveyance.\nActs 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3482, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 2. CONVEYANCES","CHAPTER 5. CONVEYANCES","SUBCHAPTER B. FORM AND CONSTRUCTION OF INSTRUMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.5.htm#5.023","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"28e2d97b98287385015b6eefb4ea17bc0fe82fc0336922e4cef923eedb642b6e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-5.022","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-5.024"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}