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Chapter 201 - Restrictive Covenants Applicable to Certain Subdivisions
Section 201.001. Application - Sec. 201.001. APPLICATION. (a) This chapter applies to a residential...
Section 201.002. Findings and Purpose - Sec. 201.002. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (a) The legislature finds that:...
Section 201.003. Definitions - Sec. 201.003. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Restrictions" means one...
Section 201.004. Extension, Renewal, Creation, Modification Of, or Addition To, Restrictions - Sec. 201.004. EXTENSION, RENEWAL, CREATION, MODIFICATION OF, OR ADDITION TO,...
Section 201.005. Petition Committee - Sec. 201.005. PETITION COMMITTEE. (a) At least three owners may...
Section 201.0051. Special Petition Approval Required for Certain Restrictions - Sec. 201.0051. SPECIAL PETITION APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS. A...
Section 201.006. Petition Procedure - Sec. 201.006. PETITION PROCEDURE. (a) A petition may be circulated,...
Section 201.007. Contents of Petition - Sec. 201.007. CONTENTS OF PETITION. (a) A petition filed under...
Section 201.008. Notice and Certificate of Compliance - Sec. 201.008. NOTICE AND CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE. (a) Not later...
Section 201.009. Property Within Subdivision Not Affected by Petition - Sec. 201.009. PROPERTY WITHIN SUBDIVISION NOT AFFECTED BY PETITION. (a)...
Section 201.010. Action and Limitations of Remedies - Sec. 201.010. ACTION AND LIMITATIONS OF REMEDIES. (a) If an...
Section 201.011. Prohibition of Claim of Lack of Mutuality - Sec. 201.011. PROHIBITION OF CLAIM OF LACK OF MUTUALITY. If...
Section 201.012. Multiple Filing; Computation of Filing Date - Sec. 201.012. MULTIPLE FILING; COMPUTATION OF FILING DATE. For purposes...
Section 201.013. Cumulative Effect - Sec. 201.013. CUMULATIVE EFFECT. The procedure prescribed by this chapter...
Chapter 202 - Construction and Enforcement of Restrictive Covenants
Section 202.001. Definitions - Sec. 202.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Dedicatory instrument" means...
Section 202.002. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 202.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. (a) This chapter applies to...
Section 202.003. Construction of Restrictive Covenants - Sec. 202.003. CONSTRUCTION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. (a) A restrictive covenant...
Section 202.004. Enforcement of Restrictive Covenants - Sec. 202.004. ENFORCEMENT OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. (a) An exercise of...
Section 202.005. Withdrawal of Signature - Sec. 202.005. WITHDRAWAL OF SIGNATURE. (a) A signature may be...
Section 202.006. Public Records - Sec. 202.006. PUBLIC RECORDS. (a) A property owners' association shall...
Section 202.007. Certain Restrictive Covenants Prohibited - Sec. 202.007. CERTAIN RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS PROHIBITED. (a) A property owners'...
Section 202.010. Regulation of Solar Energy Devices - Sec. 202.010. REGULATION OF SOLAR ENERGY DEVICES. (a) In this...
Section 202.011. Regulation of Certain Roofing Materials - Sec. 202.011. REGULATION OF CERTAIN ROOFING MATERIALS. A property owners'...
Section 202.012. Flag Display - Sec. 202.012. FLAG DISPLAY. (a) A property owners' association may...
Section 202.018. Regulation of Display of Certain Religious Items - Sec. 202.018. REGULATION OF DISPLAY OF CERTAIN RELIGIOUS ITEMS. (a)...
Section 202.019. Standby Electric Generators - Sec. 202.019. STANDBY ELECTRIC GENERATORS. (a) In this section, "standby...
Section 202.020. Certain Sales of Beverages by Children - Sec. 202.020. CERTAIN SALES OF BEVERAGES BY CHILDREN. (a) A...
Section 202.021. Regulation of Firearms or Firearm Ammunition - Sec. 202.021. REGULATION OF FIREARMS OR FIREARM AMMUNITION. A property...
Section 202.022. Swimming Pool Enclosures - Sec. 202.022. SWIMMING POOL ENCLOSURES. (a) In this section, "swimming...
Section 202.023. Security Measures - Sec. 202.023. SECURITY MEASURES. (a) This section does not apply...
Chapter 203 - Enforcement of Land Use Restrictions in Certain Counties
Section 203.001. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 203.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies only to...
Section 203.002. Definition - Sec. 203.002. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "restriction" means a limitation...
Section 203.003. County Attorney Authorized to Enforce Restrictions - Sec. 203.003. COUNTY ATTORNEY AUTHORIZED TO ENFORCE RESTRICTIONS. (a) The...
Section 203.004. Administrative Fee - Sec. 203.004. ADMINISTRATIVE FEE. (a) A complaint filed in connection...
Section 203.005. Court Costs and Attorney's Fees - Sec. 203.005. COURT COSTS AND ATTORNEY'S FEES. (a) The county...
Chapter 204 - Powers of Property Owners' Association Relating to Restrictive Covenants in Certain Subdivisions
Section 204.001. Definitions - Sec. 204.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Restrictions," "residential real...
Section 204.002. Application - Sec. 204.002. APPLICATION. (a) This chapter applies only to a...
Section 204.003. Application of Provisions of Restrictive Covenants in Certain Circumstances - Sec. 204.003. APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS IN CERTAIN...
Section 204.004. Property Owners' Association - Sec. 204.004. PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOCIATION. (a) A property owners' association...
Section 204.005. Extension Of, Addition To, or Modification of Existing Restrictions - Sec. 204.005. EXTENSION OF, ADDITION TO, OR MODIFICATION OF EXISTING...
Section 204.006. Creation of Property Owners' Association - Sec. 204.006. CREATION OF PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOCIATION. (a) If existing...
Section 204.007. Effect on Lienholders - Sec. 204.007. EFFECT ON LIENHOLDERS. (a) Extensions of, additions to,...
Section 204.008. Method of Adoption - Sec. 204.008. METHOD OF ADOPTION. An extension, addition to, or...
Section 204.009. Texas Nonprofit Corporations - Sec. 204.009. TEXAS NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS. (a) If the property owners'...
Section 204.010. Powers of Property Owners' Association - Sec. 204.010. POWERS OF PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOCIATION. (a) Unless otherwise...
Section 204.011. Architectural Control Committee - Sec. 204.011. ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL COMMITTEE. (a) This section applies to...
Chapter 205 - Restrictive Covenants Applicable to Revised Subdivisions in Certain Counties
Section 205.001. Definitions - Sec. 205.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Restrictions" and "subdivision"...
Section 205.002. Applicability - Sec. 205.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to a county...
Section 205.003. Restrictions Applicable to Revised Subdivisions - Sec. 205.003. RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO REVISED SUBDIVISIONS. (a) If all...
Section 205.004. Amendment of Restrictions by Governing Body of Property Owners' Association - Sec. 205.004. AMENDMENT OF RESTRICTIONS BY GOVERNING BODY OF PROPERTY...
Chapter 206 - Extension of Restrictions Imposing Regular Assessments in Certain Subdivisions
Section 206.001. Definitions - Sec. 206.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Community association" means...
Section 206.002. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 206.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies only to:...
Section 206.003. Extension of Restriction Imposing Regular Assessment - Sec. 206.003. EXTENSION OF RESTRICTION IMPOSING REGULAR ASSESSMENT. (a) A...
Section 206.004. Method of Voting - Sec. 206.004. METHOD OF VOTING. (a) An extension of a...
Chapter 207 - Disclosure of Information by Property Owners' Associations
Section 207.001. Definitions - Sec. 207.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Restrictions" has the...
Section 207.002. Applicability - Sec. 207.002. APPLICABILITY. (a) This chapter applies to a subdivision...
Section 207.003. Delivery of Subdivision Information to Owner - Sec. 207.003. DELIVERY OF SUBDIVISION INFORMATION TO OWNER. (a) Not...
Section 207.004. Owner's Remedies for Failure by Property Owners' Association to Timely Deliver Information - Sec. 207.004. OWNER'S REMEDIES FOR FAILURE BY PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOCIATION...
Section 207.005. Effect of Resale Certificate; Liability - Sec. 207.005. EFFECT OF RESALE CERTIFICATE; LIABILITY. (a) A property...
Section 207.006. Online Subdivision Information Required - Sec. 207.006. ONLINE SUBDIVISION INFORMATION REQUIRED. (a) This section applies...
Chapter 208 - Amendment and Termination of Restrictive Covenants in Historic Neighborhoods
Section 208.001. Definitions - Sec. 208.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Owner" and "real...
Section 208.002. Applicability - Sec. 208.002. APPLICABILITY. (a) This chapter applies only to a...
Section 208.003. Historic Neighborhood Preservation Association - Sec. 208.003. HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION. (a) A historic neighborhood...
Section 208.004. Common Scheme for Preservation of Property in Historic Neighborhood - Sec. 208.004. COMMON SCHEME FOR PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY IN HISTORIC...
Section 208.006. Method of Voting - Sec. 208.006. METHOD OF VOTING. (a) An amendment or termination...
Section 208.007. Regular and Special Assessments - Sec. 208.007. REGULAR AND SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. The procedure established by...
Section 208.008. Building Lines - Sec. 208.008. BUILDING LINES. The procedure established by this chapter...
Section 208.009. Defense to Enforcement of Restrictive Covenant - Sec. 208.009. DEFENSE TO ENFORCEMENT OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANT. An owner...
Chapter 209 - Texas Residential Property Owners Protection Act
Section 209.001. Short Title - Sec. 209.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as...
Section 209.002. Definitions - Sec. 209.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Assessment" means a...
Section 209.003. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 209.003. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. (a) This chapter applies only...
Section 209.004. Management Certificates - Sec. 209.004. MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATES. (a) A property owners' association shall...
Section 209.0041. Adoption or Amendment of Certain Dedicatory Instruments - Sec. 209.0041. ADOPTION OR AMENDMENT OF CERTAIN DEDICATORY INSTRUMENTS. (a)...
Section 209.0042. Methods of Providing Notices to Owners - Sec. 209.0042. METHODS OF PROVIDING NOTICES TO OWNERS. (a) Subject...
Section 209.005. Association Records - Sec. 209.005. ASSOCIATION RECORDS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection...
Section 209.00505. Architectural Review Authority - Sec. 209.00505. ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AUTHORITY. (a) In this section, "architectural...
Section 209.0051. Open Board Meetings - Sec. 209.0051. OPEN BOARD MEETINGS. (a) This section does not...
Section 209.0052. Association Contracts - Sec. 209.0052. ASSOCIATION CONTRACTS. (a) This section does not apply...
Section 209.0055. Voting - Sec. 209.0055. VOTING. (a) This section applies only to a...
Section 209.0056. Notice of Election or Association Vote - Sec. 209.0056. NOTICE OF ELECTION OR ASSOCIATION VOTE. (a) For...
Section 209.0057. Recount of Votes - Sec. 209.0057. RECOUNT OF VOTES. (a) This section does not...
Section 209.0058. Ballots - Sec. 209.0058. BALLOTS. Text of subsection as amended by Acts...
Section 209.0059. Right to Vote - Sec. 209.0059. RIGHT TO VOTE. (a) A provision in a...
Section 209.00591. Board Membership - Sec. 209.00591. BOARD MEMBERSHIP. (a) Except as provided by this...
Section 209.00592. Voting; Quorum - Sec. 209.00592. VOTING; QUORUM. (a) Subject to Subsection (a-1), the...
Section 209.00593. Election of Board Members - Sec. 209.00593. ELECTION OF BOARD MEMBERS. (a) Notwithstanding any provision...
Section 209.00594. Tabulation of and Access to Ballots - Sec. 209.00594. TABULATION OF AND ACCESS TO BALLOTS. (a) Notwithstanding...
Section 209.006. Notice Required Before Enforcement Action - Sec. 209.006. NOTICE REQUIRED BEFORE ENFORCEMENT ACTION. (a) Before a...
Section 209.0062. Alternative Payment Schedule for Certain Assessments - Sec. 209.0062. ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR CERTAIN ASSESSMENTS. (a) A...
Section 209.0063. Priority of Payments - Sec. 209.0063. PRIORITY OF PAYMENTS. (a) Except as provided by...
Section 209.0064. Third Party Collections - Sec. 209.0064. THIRD PARTY COLLECTIONS. (a) In this section, "collection...
Section 209.0065. Credit Reporting Services - Sec. 209.0065. CREDIT REPORTING SERVICES. (a) A property owners' association...
Section 209.007. Hearing Before Board; Alternative Dispute Resolution - Sec. 209.007. HEARING BEFORE BOARD; ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION. (a) Except...
Section 209.008. Attorney's Fees - Sec. 209.008. ATTORNEY'S FEES. (a) A property owners' association may...
Section 209.009. Foreclosure Sale Prohibited in Certain Circumstances - Sec. 209.009. FORECLOSURE SALE PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. A property...
Section 209.0091. Prerequisites to Foreclosure: Notice and Opportunity to Cure for Certain Other Lienholders - Sec. 209.0091. PREREQUISITES TO FORECLOSURE: NOTICE AND OPPORTUNITY TO CURE...
Section 209.0092. Judicial Foreclosure Required - Sec. 209.0092. JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE REQUIRED. (a) Except as provided by...
Section 209.0093. Removal or Adoption of Foreclosure Authority - Sec. 209.0093. REMOVAL OR ADOPTION OF FORECLOSURE AUTHORITY. A provision...
Section 209.0094. Assessment Lien Filing - Sec. 209.0094. ASSESSMENT LIEN FILING. A lien, lien affidavit, or...
Section 209.010. Notice After Foreclosure Sale - Sec. 209.010. NOTICE AFTER FORECLOSURE SALE. (a) A property owners'...
Section 209.011. Right of Redemption After Foreclosure - Sec. 209.011. RIGHT OF REDEMPTION AFTER FORECLOSURE. (a) A property...
Section 209.012. Restrictive Covenants Granting Easements to Certain Property Owners' Associations - Sec. 209.012. RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS GRANTING EASEMENTS TO CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS'...
Section 209.014. Mandatory Election Required After Failure to Call Regular Meeting - Sec. 209.014. MANDATORY ELECTION REQUIRED AFTER FAILURE TO CALL REGULAR...
Section 209.015. Regulation of Land Use: Residential Purpose - Sec. 209.015. REGULATION OF LAND USE: RESIDENTIAL PURPOSE. (a) In...
Section 209.016. Regulation of Residential Leases or Rental Agreements - Sec. 209.016. REGULATION OF RESIDENTIAL LEASES OR RENTAL AGREEMENTS. (a)...
Section 209.017. Justice Court Jurisdiction - Sec. 209.017. JUSTICE COURT JURISDICTION. An owner of property in...
Chapter 210 - Extension or Modification of Residential Restrictive Covenants by Petition in Certain Subdivisions
Section 210.001. Definitions - Sec. 210.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Dedicatory instrument" has...
Section 210.002. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 210.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies to a...
Section 210.003. Findings and Purpose - Sec. 210.003. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (a) The legislature finds that:...
Section 210.004. Extension or Modification of Restrictions - Sec. 210.004. EXTENSION OR MODIFICATION OF RESTRICTIONS. (a) In addition...
Section 210.005. Petition Procedure - Sec. 210.005. PETITION PROCEDURE. (a) The property owners' association or...
Section 210.006. Vote on Proposal - Sec. 210.006. VOTE ON PROPOSAL. (a) If the petition allows...
Section 210.007. Subdivision Consisting of Multiple Sections - Sec. 210.007. SUBDIVISION CONSISTING OF MULTIPLE SECTIONS. If a subdivision...
Section 210.008. Resolution Certifying Results of Vote - Sec. 210.008. RESOLUTION CERTIFYING RESULTS OF VOTE. (a) The property...
Section 210.009. Additional Procedures - Sec. 210.009. ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES. The procedures provided by this chapter...
Chapter 211 - Amendment and Enforcement of Restrictions in Certain Subdivisions
Section 211.001. Definitions - Sec. 211.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Dedicatory instrument" means...
Section 211.002. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 211.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. (a) This chapter applies only...
Section 211.003. Findings and Purpose - Sec. 211.003. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (a) The legislature finds that:...
Section 211.004. Creation or Modification of Procedure to Amend Restrictions - Sec. 211.004. CREATION OR MODIFICATION OF PROCEDURE TO AMEND RESTRICTIONS....
Section 211.005. Effect of Adopting Amendment Procedure - Sec. 211.005. EFFECT OF ADOPTING AMENDMENT PROCEDURE. After the effective...
Chapter 212 - Extension of Restrictions by Majority Vote in Certain Subdivisions
Section 212.001. Definitions - Sec. 212.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter, "lienholder," "owner," "restrictions," and...
Section 212.002. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 212.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies only to...
Section 212.003. Procedure for Successive Extensions - Sec. 212.003. PROCEDURE FOR SUCCESSIVE EXTENSIONS. (a) Restrictions may be...
Section 212.004. Effect of Owner Signature - Sec. 212.004. EFFECT OF OWNER SIGNATURE. (a) The vote of...
Section 212.005. Property Owners' Association Not Required - Sec. 212.005. PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOCIATION NOT REQUIRED. Restrictions may be...
Section 212.006. Effective Date of Extension; Length of Extension Period - Sec. 212.006. EFFECTIVE DATE OF EXTENSION; LENGTH OF EXTENSION PERIOD....
Section 212.007. Termination of Restrictions - Sec. 212.007. TERMINATION OF RESTRICTIONS. (a) Restrictions extended under this...
Section 212.008. Applicability of Extended Restrictions - Sec. 212.008. APPLICABILITY OF EXTENDED RESTRICTIONS. (a) An extension of...
Section 212.009. Unconstitutional Restrictions Not Extended - Sec. 212.009. UNCONSTITUTIONAL RESTRICTIONS NOT EXTENDED. If a provision in...
Section 212.010. Use of Original Extension Procedure; Procedures Cumulative - Sec. 212.010. USE OF ORIGINAL EXTENSION PROCEDURE; PROCEDURES CUMULATIVE. (a)...
Section 212.011. Construction of Chapter and Extended Restrictions - Sec. 212.011. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER AND EXTENDED RESTRICTIONS. (a) This...
Chapter 214 - Amendment of Dedicatory Instruments of Certain Mixed-Use Real Estate Developments
Section 214.001. Definitions - Sec. 214.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Current developer" means...
Section 214.002. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 214.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. (a) This chapter applies only...
Section 214.003. Amendment of Dedicatory Instrument - Sec. 214.003. AMENDMENT OF DEDICATORY INSTRUMENT. (a) This section supersedes...
Chapter 215 - Master Mixed-Use Property Owners' Associations
Section 215.001. Definitions - Sec. 215.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Appraised value" means...
Section 215.002. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 215.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. (a) This chapter applies to...
Section 215.003. Applicability of Chapter 209 - Sec. 215.003. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 209. Chapter 209 does not...
Section 215.004. Conflicts of Law - Sec. 215.004. CONFLICTS OF LAW. Notwithstanding any other provision of...
Section 215.005. Board Powers - Sec. 215.005. BOARD POWERS. In addition to any other powers...
Section 215.006. Annual Meeting of Association Members; Notice of Annual or Special Meeting - Sec. 215.006. ANNUAL MEETING OF ASSOCIATION MEMBERS; NOTICE OF ANNUAL...
Section 215.007. Board Meetings - Sec. 215.007. BOARD MEETINGS. (a) A meeting of the board...
Section 215.008. Voting - Sec. 215.008. VOTING. (a) The number of votes to which...
Section 215.009. Restrictive Covenants - Sec. 215.009. RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. (a) A property owners' association may...
Section 215.010. Attorney's Fees in Breach of Restrictive Covenant Action - Sec. 215.010. ATTORNEY'S FEES IN BREACH OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANT ACTION....
Section 215.011. Common Areas - Sec. 215.011. COMMON AREAS. A property owners' association may adopt...
Section 215.012. Resale Certificates - Sec. 215.012. RESALE CERTIFICATES. A property owners' association shall provide...
Section 215.013. Management Certificate - Sec. 215.013. MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE. (a) A property owners' association shall...
Section 215.0135. Association Records - Sec. 215.0135. ASSOCIATION RECORDS. (a) To the extent of any...
Section 215.014. Priority of Payments - Sec. 215.014. PRIORITY OF PAYMENTS. Unless otherwise provided in writing...
Section 215.015. Foreclosure - Sec. 215.015. FORECLOSURE. A property owners' association may not foreclose...
Section 215.016. Notice Required Before Certain Enforcement Actions - Sec. 215.016. NOTICE REQUIRED BEFORE CERTAIN ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS. (a) Before...
Section 215.017. Hearing Before Board - Sec. 215.017. HEARING BEFORE BOARD. (a) Except as provided by...
Section 215.018. Alternative Payment Schedule for Certain Assessments - Sec. 215.018. ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR CERTAIN ASSESSMENTS. (a) A...