A conveyance of an estate of inheritance, a freehold, or an estate for more than one year, in land and tenements, must be in writing and must be subscribed and delivered by the conveyor or by the conveyor's agent authorized in writing.
Tex. Prop. Code § 5.021
INSTRUMENT OF CONVEYANCE
Applied in 42 court decisions — leading case Donovan v. Mercer (1984)
Most recently applied in Jones v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (In re Jones) (August 2017)
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3481, ch. 576, 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.