Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.030

This is the official text of Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.030, part of Texas’s Civil Practice and Remedies Code — sets procedural rules and available remedies for civil lawsuits.

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§ 16.030. TITLE THROUGH ADVERSE POSSESSION.

Official statutory text

(a) If an action for the recovery of real property is barred under this chapter, the person who holds the property in peaceable and adverse possession has full title, precluding all claims.

(b) A person may not acquire through adverse possession any right or title to real property dedicated to public use.

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