Texas Property Code 207.001 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Property Code 207.001
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Signed: includes any symbol executed or adopted by a person with present intention to authenticate a writing. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005
In this chapter:
(1) “Restrictions” has the meaning assigned by § 201.003.
(2) “Dedicatory instrument,” “property owners’ association,” and “restrictive covenant” have the meanings assigned by § 209.002.
(2-a) “Management company” has the meaning assigned by § 209.002.
(3) “Owner” means a person who owns record title to property in a subdivision or the personal representative of an individual who owns record title to property in a subdivision.
(4) “Regular assessment” and “special assessment” have the meanings assigned by § 204.001.
(5) “Resale certificate” means a written statement issued, signed, and dated by an officer or authorized agent of a property owners’ association that contains the information specified by § 207.003(b).
(6) “Subdivision” means all land that has been divided into two or more parts and that is or was burdened by restrictions limiting at least the majority of the land area burdened by restrictions, excluding streets and public areas, to residential use only, if the instrument or instruments creating the restrictions are recorded in the deed or real property records of a county.