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