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Tex. Prop. Code § 111.003 (2026)

Trusts Subject To This Subtitle

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Sec. 111.003. TRUSTS SUBJECT TO THIS SUBTITLE. For the purposes of this subtitle, a "trust" is an express trust only and does not include:

(1) a resulting trust;

(2) a constructive trust;

(3) a business trust; or

(4) a security instrument such as a deed of trust, mortgage, or security interest as defined by the Business & Commerce Code.

Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3332, ch. 567, art. 2, Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 20 cases, 1991–2018 · leading case: Casillas v. Cano, 79 S.W.3d 587 (Tex. App. 2002).
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Casillas v. Cano, 79 S.W.3d 587 (Tex. App. 2002). “See TEX. PROP. CODE ANN. § 111.003 (Vernon 1995).”
Wolfe v. Devon Energy Prod. Co., 382 S.W.3d 434 (Tex. App. 2012). “1984); see Tex. Prop.Code Ann. § 111.003 (West 2007).”
the Episcopal Church, the Local Episcopal Parties, the Local Episcopal Congregations, & the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori v. Franklin Salazar & Intervening Congregations, 547 S.W.3d 353 (Tex. App. 2018). “Laws 232 , 232–47 (effective as of April 19, 1943, as revised civil statute articles 7425b-1–b-47); see also Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 111.003 (stating that trust statutes do not govern resulting, constructive, or business trusts or security instruments).”
Winn v. Holdaway (In Re Holdaway), 388 B.R. 767 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 2008). “” Tex. Prop Code § 111.003. 4 . Holdaway claimed that she lied because her current husband was in the room and she did not want him to find out about her first husband through a deposition.”
In Re the W.T. Waggoner Est., 163 S.W.3d 161 (Tex. App. 2005). “See Tex. Prop.Code Ann. § 111.003 (Vernon 1995) (excluding business trusts from operation of Texas Trust Code).”
Fanning v. Fanning, 828 S.W.2d 135 (Tex. App. 1992). “See Tex.Prop. Code Ann. §§ 111.003, 113.082 (Vernon 1984).”
Alattar v. Ganim, 355 S.W.3d 1 (Tex. App. 2010). “Tex. Prop.Code Ann. § 111.003 (Vernon 2007).”
Zanfardino v. Jeffus, 117 S.W.3d 495 (Tex. App. 2003). “” Tex Prop.Code Ann. § 111.003 (Vernon 1995).”
In Re Action Roofing & Supply Co., 137 B.R. 217 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 1991). “The trustee administers the assets, and pays income from the assets to the beneficiaries. 8. There is no effective device creating a business trust under Texas law.”
Belinda A. Zanfardino v. Hugh L. Jeffus, Jr., Marshall Turner Jeffus, & Nanalee May Jeffus Nichols (Tex. App. 2003). “" Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 111.003 (Vernon 1995).”
Belinda A. Zanfardino v. Hugh L. Jeffus, Jr., Marshall Turner Jeffus, & Nanalee May Jeffus Nichols (Tex. App. 2003). “We conclude the statute of limitations for adverse possession began to run in 1962, when the Antones no longer had a valid vendor's lien, and any Zanfardino claim to title of the land would have been barred by adverse possession regardless of whether the twenty-five-year or…”
William Ray Jacobs v. State (Tex. App. 2003). “See Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 113.053 (Vernon 1995).”
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