Tex. Natural Resources Code § 183.004
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 183.004, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 183.004. VALIDITY.
Official statutory text
A conservation easement is valid even though:
(1) it is not appurtenant to an interest in real property;
(2) it can be or has been assigned to another holder;
(3) it is not of a character that has been recognized traditionally at common law;
(4) it imposes a negative burden;
(5) it imposes affirmative obligations on the owner of an interest in the burdened property or on the holder;
(6) the benefit does not touch or concern real property; or
(7) there is no privity of estate or of contract.
(1) it is not appurtenant to an interest in real property;
(2) it can be or has been assigned to another holder;
(3) it is not of a character that has been recognized traditionally at common law;
(4) it imposes a negative burden;
(5) it imposes affirmative obligations on the owner of an interest in the burdened property or on the holder;
(6) the benefit does not touch or concern real property; or
(7) there is no privity of estate or of contract.
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