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Chapter 2
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§ 2.1 Abandonment
§ 2.2 Abstracts of Judgment
§ 2.3 Acceleration of Note
§ 2.4 Acknowledgments
§ 2.5 Ad Valorem Taxes
§ 2.6 Adverse Possession
§ 2.7 Affidavits of Heirship
§ 2.8 Affordable Housing Investments
§ 2.9 Agricultural Development Districts
§ 2.10 Agricultural Liens
§ 2.11 Agricultural Use Exemption
§ 2.12 Aircraft Liens
§ 2.13 Alcoholic Beverages
§ 2.14 Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
§ 2.15 Americans with Disabilities Act and Related Statutes
§ 2.16 Annexation
§ 2.17 Antiquities
§ 2.18 Appraisers
§ 2.19 Arbitration
§ 2.20 Architects
§ 2.21 Asbestos
§ 2.22 Assignment of Rents
§ 2.23 Assumed Names
§ 2.24 Astronomical Observatories
§ 2.25 Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs)
§ 2.26 Bankruptcy
§ 2.27 Beaches
§ 2.28 Beauty Shop Leases
§ 2.29 Billboards
§ 2.30 Blind Trusts and Undisclosed Beneficiaries
§ 2.31 Brokers
§ 2.32 Brownfields Statute
§ 2.33 Building Codes
§ 2.34 Business Organizations Code
§ 2.35 Camping Resorts
§ 2.36 Cash Proceeds
§ 2.37 Cemeteries
§ 2.38 Certificates of Convenience and Necessity
§ 2.39 Certification of Trust
§ 2.40 Certified Mail
§ 2.41 Child Support Liens
§ 2.42 Choice of Law
§ 2.43 Coastal Properties
§ 2.44 Colonias
§ 2.45 Community Homes; Group Homes
§ 2.46 Community Property with Right of Survivorship
§ 2.47 Condemnation and Eminent Domain
§ 2.48 Condominiums
§ 2.49 Confessions of Judgment
§ 2.50 Confidentiality Notice
§ 2.51 Conspicuous Text
§ 2.52 Construction Accounts
§ 2.53 Construction Contracts
§ 2.54 Construction Liability Claims on Public Projects
§ 2.55 Construction Payment Bond Claims
§ 2.56 Consumer Laws
§ 2.57 Contracts for Deed
§ 2.58 Copyrights
§ 2.59 Corporate Transparency Act
§ 2.60 Corporations
§ 2.61 Covenants Not to Compete
§ 2.62 Criminal Record Checks of Employees
§ 2.63 Deceptive Trade Practices–Consumer Protection Act (DTPA)
§ 2.64 Deeds
§ 2.65 Deeds of Trust
§ 2.66 Deficiency Litigation After Foreclosure
§ 2.67 Disaster Recovery Relief
§ 2.68 Disclaimer of Interest in Decedent’s Estate
§ 2.69 Disclosure of Interested Parties When Contracting with Governmental Entities
§ 2.70 Disclosures and Notices
§ 2.71 Discrimination
§ 2.72 Divorce
§ 2.73 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
§ 2.74 Dry Cleaners
§ 2.75 Due-on-Sale Clauses
§ 2.76 Durable Powers of Attorney
§ 2.77 Easements, Pipeline
§ 2.78 Economically Distressed Counties
§ 2.79 Economic Development
§ 2.80 Elderly Housing
§ 2.81 Electronic Commerce
§ 2.82 Electronic Filing of Documents
§ 2.83 Eminent Domain
§ 2.84 Endangered Species Act
§ 2.85 Engineer’s Liens Against Real Estate
§ 2.86 Environmental Laws
§ 2.87 Equal Credit Opportunity
§ 2.88 Equal Housing Opportunity
§ 2.89 Escheat
§ 2.90 Estate Tax Liens
§ 2.91 Eviction
§ 2.92 Excavators
§ 2.93 Exempt Property and Liens
§ 2.94 Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
§ 2.95 Failed Depository Institutions
§ 2.96 Fair Credit Reporting Act
§ 2.97 Fair Debt Collection Practices
§ 2.98 Fair Housing
§ 2.99 Family Law
§ 2.100 Federal Lien Registration Act
§ 2.101 Federal Tax Liens
§ 2.102 Fences and Gates
§ 2.103 Financing Statement, Fraudulent Filing
§ 2.104 Fixtures
§ 2.105 Flood Insurance
§ 2.106 Forced Sale of Co-Owner’s Interest
§ 2.107 Forcible Entry and Detainer
§ 2.108 Foreclosure
§ 2.109 Foreclosure Limitations Concerning FDIC Interests
§ 2.110 Foreign Entities
§ 2.111 Foreign Ownership of Real Property
§ 2.112 Forfeiture Laws
§ 2.113 Franchising
§ 2.114 Fraudulent Filings
§ 2.115 Fraudulent Representations and Promises
§ 2.116 Fraudulent Transfers
§ 2.117 FTC Anti-Holder-in-Due-Course Rule
§ 2.118 Future Estates
§ 2.119 Gifts to Minors Act
§ 2.120 Good Faith and Fair Dealing
§ 2.121 Grantee’s Address
§ 2.122 Group Homes
§ 2.123 Handguns
§ 2.124 Handicapped Parking
§ 2.125 Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act
§ 2.126 Hazardous Waste Liens
§ 2.127 Historic Landmarks or Districts
§ 2.128 Historic Structures
§ 2.129 Home Equity Lending
§ 2.130 Home Improvement Contracts
§ 2.131 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975
§ 2.132 Home Solicitations
§ 2.133 Homesteads
§ 2.134 Hotel Occupancy Taxes
§ 2.135 House Trailers
§ 2.136 Impact Fees
§ 2.137 Implied Title Covenants
§ 2.138 Indemnity Agreements
§ 2.139 Innocent-Purchaser Defense
§ 2.140 Insurance Claims
§ 2.141 Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act
§ 2.142 IRS Information Return (Foreclosures)
§ 2.143 Joint Tenancy with Right of Survivorship
§ 2.144 Judgment Liens
§ 2.145 Landfills
§ 2.146 Landlord-Tenant Liens
§ 2.147 Landlord-Tenant Relationship
§ 2.148 Landowner Liability
§ 2.149 Landowner’s Bill of Rights
§ 2.150 Landscape Architecture
§ 2.151 Lead-Based Paint Disclosures
§ 2.152 Legal Incapacity
§ 2.153 Letters of Credit
§ 2.154 Libraries
§ 2.155 Life Tenants
§ 2.156 Limitations
§ 2.157 Limited Liability Companies
§ 2.158 Limited Liability Partnerships
§ 2.159 Liquidated Damages Clauses
§ 2.160 Lis Pendens
§ 2.161 Loan Documents
§ 2.162 Lockouts
§ 2.163 Lost or Found Property
§ 2.164 Low-Income Affordable Housing Tax Credits
§ 2.165 Manufactured Housing
§ 2.166 Master Form Mortgage
§ 2.167 Mechanic’s Liens
§ 2.168 Military Installations
§ 2.169 Military Personnel
§ 2.170 Mineral Rights
§ 2.171 Mini-Storage Warehouses
§ 2.172 Minors
§ 2.173 Mobile Homes
§ 2.174 Mold Assessors and Remediators
§ 2.175 Money Laundering
§ 2.176 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (MERS)
§ 2.177 Mortgage Fraud
§ 2.178 Mortgage Loan Originators
§ 2.179 Municipal Utility Districts (MUDs)
§ 2.180 Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM)
§ 2.181 Navigable Streams
§ 2.182 Nonprofit Corporations
§ 2.183 Non–Real Estate Taxes Affecting Real Estate
§ 2.184 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
§ 2.185 Notarial Seals, Out-of-State
§ 2.186 Notaries Public
§ 2.187 Nuisance
§ 2.188 Open-Space Exemption
§ 2.189 Outdoor Lighting
§ 2.190 Outdoor Signs
§ 2.191 Parking
§ 2.192 Parks and Recreational Projects
§ 2.193 Partition
§ 2.194 Partnerships
§ 2.195 Personal Property Leases
§ 2.196 Pest Control
§ 2.197 Pipeline Easements
§ 2.198 Plats
§ 2.199 Powers of Attorney
§ 2.200 Private Mortgage Insurance Notice
§ 2.201 Private Property Rights
§ 2.202 Property Inspection
§ 2.203 Property Owners’ Associations
§ 2.204 Property Tax Consultants
§ 2.205 Property Tax Loans
§ 2.206 Quitclaim Deeds
§ 2.207 Real Estate Appraisers
§ 2.208 Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
§ 2.209 Real Estate License Act
§ 2.210 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA)
§ 2.211 Recording
§ 2.212 Record Retention
§ 2.213 Recreational Projects and Recreational Use
§ 2.214 Redemption Rights
§ 2.215 Registered Mail
§ 2.216 Release of Lien by Affidavit
§ 2.217 Release of Lien by Attorney or Others
§ 2.218 Republic of Texas Liens
§ 2.219 Residential Construction Liability
§ 2.220 Residential Rental Locators
§ 2.221 Restrictive Covenants
§ 2.222 Reverse Mortgages
§ 2.223 Right of Rescission
§ 2.224 Risk of Loss
§ 2.225 Roadway Forming County Boundary
§ 2.226 Rule Against Perpetuities
§ 2.227 Sale of Trust Property to Governmental Entities
§ 2.228 Sculptures
§ 2.229 Securities Acts
§ 2.230 Security Deposits
§ 2.231 Security Interests
§ 2.232 Self-Service Storage Facilities
§ 2.233 Seller’s Disclosure of Property Condition
§ 2.234 Sewer Service
§ 2.235 Sex Offenders
§ 2.236 Shopping Center Stores, Open on Sundays
§ 2.237 Smoke Alarms
§ 2.238 Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act
§ 2.239 Special Districts
§ 2.240 State of Texas Leases
§ 2.241 Statute of Frauds
§ 2.242 Statute of Limitations
§ 2.243 Statutes of Repose
§ 2.244 Stormwater Permits
§ 2.245 Streets and Roads
§ 2.246 Subdivisions
§ 2.247 Subletting or Assignment
§ 2.248 Submetering
§ 2.249 Surety
§ 2.250 Surveyors
§ 2.251 Survival of Representations and Warranties
§ 2.252 Surviving Spouse of Mortgagor
§ 2.253 Swimming Pools and Spas
§ 2.254 Taxes
§ 2.255 Telecommunications
§ 2.256 Terrorism Regulation
§ 2.257 Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
§ 2.258 Texas General Land Office
§ 2.259 Timber Production
§ 2.260 Timeshares
§ 2.261 Title Insurance
§ 2.262 Towing of Motor Vehicles
§ 2.263 Trademark and Trade-Name Rights
§ 2.264 Transfer on Death Deed
§ 2.265 Transportation
§ 2.266 Trespass to Try Title
§ 2.267 Trust Code
§ 2.268 Truth in Lending
§ 2.269 Unauthorized Preparation of Real Estate Documents
§ 2.270 Unclaimed Property
§ 2.271 Underground and Aboveground Storage Tanks
§ 2.272 Underground Facility Damage Prevention and Safety Act
§ 2.273 Uniform Commercial Code
§ 2.274 Uniform Electronic Transactions Act
§ 2.275 Uniform Principal and Income Act
§ 2.276 Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
§ 2.277 Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act
§ 2.278 Uniform Vendor and Purchaser Risk Act
§ 2.279 United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA)
§ 2.280 Usury
§ 2.281 Utility District Disclosures
§ 2.282 Utility Submetering and Nonmetering
§ 2.283 Variable Interest Rates
§ 2.284 Vendor and Purchaser Risk Act
§ 2.285 Venue
§ 2.286 Vested Land Use Rights
§ 2.287 Visual Arts
§ 2.288 Voluntary Cleanup Program
§ 2.289 Wage Liens
§ 2.290 Warehouseman’s Liens
§ 2.291 Water
§ 2.292 Watercourse Forming County Boundary
§ 2.293 Water Service
§ 2.294 Water Wells
§ 2.295 Weeds
§ 2.296 Wetlands
§ 2.297 Wills and Estates
§ 2.298 Windstorm Inspection
§ 2.299 Wood Shingles
§ 2.300 Zoning
§ 2.301 Additional Resources
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