Texas Transportation Code 202.028 – Correction of Error or Ambiguity in Instrument
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(a) The governor, on the recommendation of the commission, shall execute and deliver a quitclaim deed, correction deed, or other conveyance necessary to resolve an ambiguity or error in an instrument that conveyed an interest in real property to the state for a highway right-of-way.
(b) The ambiguity or error may be for any reason, including a metes and bounds description that is incomplete or incorrect.
Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 202.028
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- 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.
(c) The ambiguity or error must be of sufficient consequence to raise doubt as to the location or extent of the interest conveyed, or must have resulted in the acquisition of real property or an interest in real property not intended to be included and not needed for a highway purpose.