A deed, grant, or conveyance that is made, is acknowledged or proven, and is recorded as other deeds of conveyance to a county, to the courts or commissioners of a county, or to another person for the use and benefit of a county vests in the county the right, title, interest, and estate that the grantor had in the property at the time the instrument was executed and that the grantor intended to convey.
Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 270.001
ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY BY CONVEYANCE
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Harris County Flood Control District v. Glenbrook Patiohome Owners Ass'n (1996)
Most recently applied in Harris County Flood Control District v. Glenbrook Patiohome Owners Ass'n (July 1996)
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff
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