Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.076
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.076, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 51.076. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
Official statutory text
None of the provisions of Sections 51.071 through 51.072 and 51.074 through 51.075 of this code shall prevent the state from instituting legal proceedings necessary:
(1) to enforce a forfeiture;
(2) to recover the full amount of principal and interest that may be owed to the state at the time the forfeiture occurred; or
(3) to protect another right to the land.
(1) to enforce a forfeiture;
(2) to recover the full amount of principal and interest that may be owed to the state at the time the forfeiture occurred; or
(3) to protect another right to the land.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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