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Tex. Prop. Code § 22.001 (2026)

Trespass To Try Title

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Sec. 22.001. TRESPASS TO TRY TITLE. (a) A trespass to try title action is the method of determining title to lands, tenements, or other real property.

(b) The action of ejectment is not available in this state.

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3509, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 223 cases (47 in the last 5 years), 1988–2026 · leading case: Texas Parks & Wildlife Dep't v. Sawyer Trust, 354 S.W.3d 384 (Tex. 2011).
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Texas Parks & Wildlife Dep't v. Sawyer Trust, 354 S.W.3d 384 (Tex. 2011). · cites it 4× “” (quoting Tex. Prop.Code § 22.001)). In this case, the Trust asserted in its amended pleadings that through the Department’s contention that a navigable stream exists on the Trust’s property, the Department wrongfully claimed title to part of the Trust’s property.”
John A. Lance v. Judith & Terry Robinson, 543 S.W.3d 723 (Tex. 2018). · cites it 2× “" TEX. PROP. CODE § 22.001(a) (emphasis added).”
Porretto v. Patterson, 251 S.W.3d 701 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2008). · cites it 3× “Texas courts have repeatedly held that a trespass to try title action is the proper method of adjudicating rival claims to real property. Martin v. Amerman, 133 S.W.3d 262, 267 (Tex.”
Roberson v. City of Austin, 157 S.W.3d 130 (Tex. App.—Austin 2005). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Prop.Code Ann. § 22.001 (West 2004).”
State v. BP Am. Prod. Co., 290 S.W.3d 345 (Tex. App.—Austin 2009). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 22.001 (a) (West 2000); Martin v.”
Coinmach Corp. v. Aspenwood Apt. Corp., 417 S.W.3d 909 (Tex. 2013). “(citing Tex. Prop.Code § 22.001(a)) (emphasis added).”
Ramsey v. Grizzle, 313 S.W.3d 498 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2010). · cites it 2× “The Ramseys and Optimal maintain that the possibility of reverter automatically vested in the Ramseys’ title to the mineral estate, after which they entered into a lease with Optimal.”
BP Am. Prod. Co. v. Marshall, 288 S.W.3d 430 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2009). · cites it 2× “” Tex. Prop.Code Ann. § 22.001(a) (Vernon 2000).”
Lighthouse Church of Cloverleaf v. Texas Bank, 889 S.W.2d 595 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1994). · cites it 2× “Tex.PROp.Code Ann. § 22.001 et seq. (Vernon 1984).”
Cadle Co. v. Ortiz, 227 S.W.3d 831 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2007). · cites it 2× “TEX. PROP.CODE ANN. § 22.001 (Vernon 2006).”
Ely v. Briley, 959 S.W.2d 723 (Tex. App.—Austin 1998). · cites it 2× “Texas Property Code section 22.001 provides that a “trespass to try title action is the method of determining title to lands, tenements, or other real property.”
In re Puig, 351 S.W.3d 301 (Tex. 2011). “004(a) (providing declaratory judgment as a means by which parties interested under a deed may obtain a judicial determination of the instrument’s validity); Tex. Prop.Code § 22.001 (stating that “a trespass to try title action is the method of determining title to lands”);…”
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Tex. Prop. Code § 22.001(a): 85 cases
Texas Parks & Wildlife Dep't v. Sawyer Trust, 354 S.W.3d 384 (Tex. 2011). “” (quoting Tex. Prop.Code § 22.001)). In this case, the Trust asserted in its amended pleadings that through the Department’s contention that a navigable stream exists on the Trust’s property, the Department wrongfully claimed title to part of the Trust’s property.”
John A. Lance v. Judith & Terry Robinson, 543 S.W.3d 723 (Tex. 2018). “" TEX. PROP. CODE § 22.001(a) (emphasis added).”
Porretto v. Patterson, 251 S.W.3d 701 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2008). “Texas courts have repeatedly held that a trespass to try title action is the proper method of adjudicating rival claims to real property. Martin v. Amerman, 133 S.W.3d 262, 267 (Tex.”
Coinmach Corp. v. Aspenwood Apt. Corp., 417 S.W.3d 909 (Tex. 2013). “(citing Tex. Prop.Code § 22.001(a)) (emphasis added).”
Ramsey v. Grizzle, 313 S.W.3d 498 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2010). “The Ramseys and Optimal maintain that the possibility of reverter automatically vested in the Ramseys’ title to the mineral estate, after which they entered into a lease with Optimal.”
Tex. Prop. Code § 22.001(b): 1 case
James A. Spakes v. Thelma J. Weber, No. 10-08-00313-CV, 2010 WL 139955 (Tex. App.—Waco Jan. 13, 2010).
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