Tex. Property Code § 71.105
This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 71.105, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.
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§ 71.105. TRIAL.
Official statutory text
(a) If a person appears and denies the state's right to the property or opposes a material fact of the petition, the court shall try the issue as any other issue of fact.
(b) The court may order a survey as in other cases in which the title or the boundary of the land is in question.
(b) The court may order a survey as in other cases in which the title or the boundary of the land is in question.
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