Sec. 51.253. CORRECTED PATENT. (a) An owner of land in one or more patented surveys may apply to the General Land Office for a corrected patent to correct scriveners' errors or obvious errors in the field note description of the original patent as determined by the commissioner. The application must clearly identify the error in the original patent.
(b) The General Land Office may adopt rules relating to the implementation and operation of this section, including rules requiring the payment of reasonable filing and processing fees by an applicant for a corrected patent.
Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 752, ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain
Chapter 51 - Land, Timber, and Surface Resources
Section 51.241. Issuance of Patent
Section 51.243. Requisites of a Patent
Section 51.244. Delivery of Patent
Section 51.245. Deceased Patentee
Section 51.246. Acquisition of Deed of Acquittance to Excess Acreage
Section 51.247. Patents for Land That Cannot Be Patented by Other Methods
Section 51.248. Doubtful Claim
Section 51.249. Conflicting Surveys
Section 51.250. Conflicting Title
Section 51.251. Partial Conflict of Title