Tex. Property Code § 68.001
This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 68.001, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.
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§ 68.001. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this chapter:
(1) "Beneficial interest," "investigative agency," "local prosecutor," and "real property" have the meanings assigned by Section 140B.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
(2) "RICO lien notice" means a lien notice filed under Section 68.051 or 68.052.
(3) "Trustee":
(A) means:
(i) a person acting as trustee under a trust established under the Texas Trust Code (Subtitle B, Title 9, Property Code) in which the trustee holds legal or record title to real property;
(ii) a person who holds legal or record title to real property in which another person has a beneficial interest; or
(iii) a successor trustee to a person described by Subparagraph (i) or (ii); and
(B) does not include a person appointed or acting as a personal representative as defined by Section 22.031, Estates Code, or appointed or acting as a trustee of a testamentary trust or as a trustee of an indenture of trust under which any bonds have been or are to be issued.
(1) "Beneficial interest," "investigative agency," "local prosecutor," and "real property" have the meanings assigned by Section 140B.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
(2) "RICO lien notice" means a lien notice filed under Section 68.051 or 68.052.
(3) "Trustee":
(A) means:
(i) a person acting as trustee under a trust established under the Texas Trust Code (Subtitle B, Title 9, Property Code) in which the trustee holds legal or record title to real property;
(ii) a person who holds legal or record title to real property in which another person has a beneficial interest; or
(iii) a successor trustee to a person described by Subparagraph (i) or (ii); and
(B) does not include a person appointed or acting as a personal representative as defined by Section 22.031, Estates Code, or appointed or acting as a trustee of a testamentary trust or as a trustee of an indenture of trust under which any bonds have been or are to be issued.
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