Sec. 51.071. FORFEITURE OF LAND. (a) If principal, accrued interest, late charges, and other fees and expenses on a sale of sovereign land are not paid when due as required by the terms set by the board, the land is subject to forfeiture by the commissioner by entry on the file containing the papers "Land Forfeited" or similar words, the date of the forfeiture, and the official signature of the commissioner.
(b) After the entry is made on the file, the land and all payments that have been made for it are forfeited to the state, and the land may be resold in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2423, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 5244, ch. 965, Sec. 5, eff. June 19, 1983; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 14, eff. June 18, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1175 (H.B. 3461), Sec. 22, eff. June 19, 2009.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain
Chapter 51 - Land, Timber, and Surface Resources
Subchapter C. Sale of Public School and Asylum Land
Section 51.052. Conditions for Sale of Land
Section 51.054. Reservation of Minerals
Section 51.0551. Lists of Public Land Offered for Sale: Criminal Penalties
Section 51.056. Application or Request to Purchase Land
Section 51.065. Notice and Record of Sale
Section 51.067. Information Required With Payments
Section 51.069. Disposition of Payments on Public School Land
Section 51.070. Unpaid Principal on Public School Land Sales
Section 51.071. Forfeiture of Land
Section 51.072. Effect of Forfeiture
Section 51.073. Classification and Sale of Leased and Forfeited Land
Section 51.074. Reinstatement of Land Purchases
Section 51.075. Forfeiture of a Deceased Purchaser's Land
Section 51.076. Legal Proceedings
Section 51.0771. Reinstatement Fee
Section 51.078. Transfer of Indebtedness
Section 51.079. Transfers Generally
Section 51.080. Personal Transfers
Section 51.081. Transfers Other Than Personal Transfer
Section 51.082. Liability of Vendee
Section 51.083. Patent on Part of a Tract