Tex. Property Code § 207.001
This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 207.001, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.
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§ 207.001. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this chapter:
(1) "Restrictions" has the meaning assigned by Section 201.003.
(2) "Dedicatory instrument," "property owners' association," and "restrictive covenant" have the meanings assigned by Section 209.002.
(2-a) "Management company" has the meaning assigned by Section 209.002.
(3) "Owner" means a person who owns record title to property in a subdivision or the personal representative of an individual who owns record title to property in a subdivision.
(4) "Regular assessment" and "special assessment" have the meanings assigned by Section 204.001.
(5) "Resale certificate" means a written statement issued, signed, and dated by an officer or authorized agent of a property owners' association that contains the information specified by Section 207.003(b).
(6) "Subdivision" means all land that has been divided into two or more parts and that is or was burdened by restrictions limiting at least the majority of the land area burdened by restrictions, excluding streets and public areas, to residential use only, if the instrument or instruments creating the restrictions are recorded in the deed or real property records of a county.
(1) "Restrictions" has the meaning assigned by Section 201.003.
(2) "Dedicatory instrument," "property owners' association," and "restrictive covenant" have the meanings assigned by Section 209.002.
(2-a) "Management company" has the meaning assigned by Section 209.002.
(3) "Owner" means a person who owns record title to property in a subdivision or the personal representative of an individual who owns record title to property in a subdivision.
(4) "Regular assessment" and "special assessment" have the meanings assigned by Section 204.001.
(5) "Resale certificate" means a written statement issued, signed, and dated by an officer or authorized agent of a property owners' association that contains the information specified by Section 207.003(b).
(6) "Subdivision" means all land that has been divided into two or more parts and that is or was burdened by restrictions limiting at least the majority of the land area burdened by restrictions, excluding streets and public areas, to residential use only, if the instrument or instruments creating the restrictions are recorded in the deed or real property records of a county.
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