{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-82.052","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 82.052","heading":"UNIT BOUNDARIES.","body":"Except as otherwise provided by the declaration or plat:\n(1) if walls, floors, or ceilings are designated as boundaries of a unit, then all lath, furring, wallboard, plasterboard, plaster, paneling, tiles, wallpaper, paint, finished flooring, and any other materials constituting part of the finished surfaces are a part of the unit, and all other portions of the walls, floors, or ceilings are a part of the common elements;\n(2) if any chute, flue, duct, wire, conduit, bearing wall, bearing column, or any other fixture is partially within and partially outside the designated boundaries of a unit, then the portion serving only that unit is a limited common element allocated solely to that unit, and the portion serving more than one unit or the common elements is a part of the general common elements;\n(3) subject to Subdivision (2), the spaces, interior partitions, and other fixtures and improvements within the boundaries of a unit are a part of the unit; and\n(4) shutters, awnings, window boxes, doorsteps, stoops, porches, balconies, patios, and exterior doors and windows or other fixtures designed to serve a single unit, but located outside the unit's boundaries, are limited common elements allocated exclusively to that unit.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 244, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 7. CONDOMINIUMS","CHAPTER 82. UNIFORM CONDOMINIUM ACT","SUBCHAPTER B. CREATION, ALTERATION, AND TERMINATION OF CONDOMINIUMS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.82.htm#82.052","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"f254e872c0214a817a5a41e2dcb5c77aad84b332a447616134bb6d7d96f1272e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-82.051","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-82.053"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}