Tex. Property Code § 21.045
This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 21.045, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.
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§ 21.045. TITLE ACQUIRED.
Official statutory text
Except where otherwise expressly provided by law, the interest acquired by a condemnor under this chapter does not include the fee simple title to real property, either public or private. An interest acquired by a condemnor is not lost by the forfeiture or expiration of the condemnor's charter and is subject to an extension of the charter or the grant of a new charter without a new condemnation.
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