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Tex. Prop. Code § 202.006 (2026)

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Sec. 202.006. PUBLIC RECORDS. (a) A property owners' association shall file all dedicatory instruments in the real property records of each county in which the property to which the dedicatory instruments relate is located.

(b) A dedicatory instrument has no effect until the instrument is filed in accordance with this section.

(c) A property owners' association may not collect a regular assessment, as defined by Section 209.002, if the dedicatory instrument authorizing the collection of the regular assessment is not filed as required by Subsection (a).

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by:

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1142 (H.B. 1821), Sec. 3, eff. January 1, 2012.

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 951 (S.B. 1588), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 2012–2018 · leading case: Carl Storck & Vicki Storck v. Tres Lagos Prop. Owners Ass'n, Inc., 442 S.W.3d 730 (Tex. App. 2014).

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Carl Storck & Vicki Storck v. Tres Lagos Prop. Owners Ass'n, Inc., 442 S.W.3d 730 (Tex. App. 2014). “See Tex Prop.Code Ann. § 202.006 (West Supp.2013) (dedicatory instrument has no effect until filed in accordance with this section).”

Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2014). · cites it 3× “TEX. PROP. CODE ANN. § 202.006 (West Supp.”

George Green & Garlan Green v. Port of Call Homeowners Ass'n Phillip Jacobs John Ross Bucholtz Richard Pat McElroy Randolph Harig Christopher Rockwood Nancy Carothers All. Ass'n Mgmt. Sharon Murphy Jose Balderas Harold Brown & Niemann & Niemann, LLP (Tex. App. 2018). “” Tex. Prop. Code § 202.006. The statute defines “dedicatory instrument” as any document governing the operation of a development or subdivision.”

in Re: Carl Storck & Vicki Storck (Tex. App. 2012). “State, 832 1 In their motion for declaratory judgment, the Storcks further contended that ―Tres Lagos Property Association, Incorporated currently has no valid Bylaws of the corporation because there are no bylaws recorded with the Franklin County Clerk, as required by Texas…”

Timbercreek Canyon Prop. Owners Ass'n, Inc. v. Carl Fowler (Tex. App. 2015). “See TEX. PROP. CODE ANN. § 202.006(b) (West 2014) (dedicatory instrument has no effect until filed in real property records).”

— Tex. Prop. Code § 202.006(a) — 1 case

Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2014). “TEX. PROP. CODE ANN. § 202.006 (West Supp.”

— Tex. Prop. Code § 202.006(b) — 1 case

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