Tex. Property Code § 5.003
This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 5.003, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.
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§ 5.003. PARTIAL CONVEYANCE.
Official statutory text
(a) An alienation of real property that purports to transfer a greater right or estate in the property than the person making the alienation may lawfully transfer alienates only the right or estate that the person may convey.
(b) Neither the alienation by deed or will of an estate on which a remainder depends nor the union of the estate with an inheritance by purchase or descent affects the remainder.
(b) Neither the alienation by deed or will of an estate on which a remainder depends nor the union of the estate with an inheritance by purchase or descent affects the remainder.
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