A person, regardless of whether the person is or has been under a legal disability, must bring suit not later than 25 years after the day the cause of action accrues to recover real property held in peaceable and adverse possession by another who cultivates, uses, or enjoys the property.
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.027
ADVERSE POSSESSION: 25-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD NOTWITHSTANDING DISABILITY
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case King Ranch, Inc. v. Chapman (2003)
Most recently applied in Egna Bishop Villarreal v. Guillermo Gonzalez Guerra (July 2014)
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.