Sec. 51.074. REINSTATEMENT OF LAND PURCHASES. (a) If no rights of third persons have intervened, the purchasers or their vendees, heirs, or legal representatives, who claim land that has been forfeited for nonpayment of principal and interest, may have the claim reinstated on written request by paying into the State Treasury the amount of all principal and interest due on the claim up to the date of reinstatement.
(b) The right to reinstate a claim under this section is limited to the last purchaser from the state, or his vendees, heirs, or legal representatives, and must be exercised within six months from the date of the forfeiture.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2423, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 17, eff. June 18, 2003.
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