(a) A municipality may not participate in a suit or other proceeding to foreclose a property owners’ association’s lien on real property.
(b) In a suit or other proceeding to foreclose a property owners’ association’s lien on real property in the subdivision, the association may not submit into evidence or otherwise use the work product of the municipality’s legal counsel.

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Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 212.1535

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
  • 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.