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Tex. Prop. Code § 1.002 (2026)
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Sec. 1.002. CONSTRUCTION OF CODE. The Code Construction Act (Chapter 311, Government Code) applies to the construction of each provision in this code, except as otherwise expressly provided by this code.
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3478, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 70, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1986–2021 · leading case: Onwuteaka v. Cohen, 846 S.W.2d 889 (Tex. App. 1993).
Onwuteaka v. Cohen, 846 S.W.2d 889 (Tex. App. 1993). “” Tex.Prop. Code Ann. § 1.002 (Vernon 1990).”
In the Matter of Francisco A. Fernandez & Maura M. Fernandez, Debtors. Francisco A. Fernandez & Maura M. Fernandez v. Martin W. Seidler, Tr., 855 F.2d 218 (5th Cir. 1988). “Tex.Prop.Code Ann. § 1.002 (Vernon Supp. 1988).”
Holley v. NL Indus./NL Acme Tool Co., 718 S.W.2d 813 (Tex. App. 1986). “Tex.Prop.Code Ann. § 1.002 (Supp.1986). That Act provides that “Words and phrases shall be read in context and construed according to the rules of grammar and common usage.”
Khyber Holdings, LLC v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, 349 S.W.3d 178 (Tex. App. 2011). “See Tex. Prop.Code Ann. § 1.002 (West 2004). The Texas Residential Property Owners Act defines “Owner” as a “person who holds record title to property in a residential subdivision and includes the personal representative of a person who holds record title to property in a…”
Persimmon Ridge Partners EO, L.P., Russ Vandenburg, & Martha Vandenburg v. Fannie Mae (Tex. 2015). “14 TEX. PROP. CODE §1.002 ..................”
Covenant Clearinghouse, LLC v. Kush & Krishna, LLC (Tex. App. 2020). “Application “A person who receives a private transfer fee” under a private transfer fee obligation created before June 17, 2011 must (1) file a Notice of Private Transfer Fee Obligation in the real property records of each county in which the property is located, and (2) refile…”
NA Land Co. v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2021). “Under the Code Construction Act, which is applicable to the condemnation statutes, see Tex. Prop. Code § 1.002, “Words and phrases that have acquired a technical or particular meaning, whether by legislative definition or otherwise, shall be construed accordingly.”
William Dean McGee, Pers. Rep. of the Est. of Helen McGee v. Roberta Caulfield (Tex. App. 2009). “However, Texas Property Code section 1.002 provides that Chapter 311 of the Texas Government Code (the “Code Construction Act”) applies to the construction of each provision of the Texas Property Code, except as otherwise expressly provided by such code.”
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