Sec. 313.052. ASSESSMENT CERTIFICATES. (a) The governing body may issue in the name of the municipality an assignable certificate to evidence an assessment imposed. The certificate may declare the lien on the property and the liability of the owner of the property regardless of whether the owner is correctly named. The governing body may determine the terms of the certificate.
(b) A recital in a certificate that states substantially that the procedure for making the improvement was in compliance with law and that all prerequisites to creating the assessment lien on the property the certificate describes and to creating the personal liability of the property owner were performed is prima facie evidence of those matters.
(c) Subsection (b) applies to a recital in a certificate that evidences an assessment under Section 313.048 or 313.050.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle E - Municipal Streets
Chapter 313 - Street Improvements and Assessments in Certain Municipalities
Section 313.042. Assessment Ordinance
Section 313.043. Assessment Against Parcels Owned Jointly
Section 313.044. Assessment Apportioned Under Front Foot Rule Unless Inequitable
Section 313.045. Assessment or Tax on Railways for Certain Improvements
Section 313.046. Assessment for Improvement of Boundary Highway
Section 313.047. Notice of Hearing on Assessment
Section 313.049. Appeal of Assessment
Section 313.050. Correction of Assessments
Section 313.051. No Lien on Exempt Property; Liability of Owner
Section 313.052. Assessment Certificates
Section 313.053. Changes in Proceedings; Procedure
Section 313.054. Enforcement of Assessment; Priority of Lien; Defenses
Section 313.055. Chapter Not Affected by Statements or Actions of Municipal Officers or Employees