Tex. Property Code § 65.004
This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 65.004, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.
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§ 65.004. SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.
Official statutory text
(a) The authority of the occupying co-owner to act as an agent and attorney-in-fact is limited to the authority to enter into a contract giving rise to a mechanic's and materialman's lien and to execute a deed of trust for the purpose of preserving or improving the residential property. The occupying co-owner is the sole obligor of the debt incurred under the contract and secured by the deed of trust.
(b) A lien that arises under a contract entered into by an occupying co-owner under this section is not subject to repudiation or disaffirmance by another co-owner.
(b) A lien that arises under a contract entered into by an occupying co-owner under this section is not subject to repudiation or disaffirmance by another co-owner.
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