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Tex. Prop. Code § 208.009

DEFENSE TO ENFORCEMENT OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANT

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 871, Sec. 2, eff

An owner may not assert as a defense to the enforcement of a restrictive covenant that is part of a common scheme for preservation of historic property that the owner or a predecessor in title signed a blank signature page or similar procedural defect if the signature page was attached to a dedicatory instrument adopted by a historic neighborhood preservation association and:

(1) the dedicatory instrument has been recorded for more than two years; or

(2) the restrictive covenant is referenced in the owner's title insurance policy obtained by the owner when the property was purchased.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.