If any public land is held, occupied, or claimed adversely to the state or to any fund of the state by any person or if land is forfeited to the state for any reason, the attorney general shall file suit for the land, for rent on the land, and to recover damages to the land.
Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 11.077
SUIT AGAINST ADVERSE CLAIMANT
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Trice v. State (1986)
Most recently applied in Hix v. Robertson (November 2006)
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2354, ch. 871, art
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.