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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, Debra L. Lance, F.D. Franks, & Helen Franks v. Judith & Terry Robinson, Gary & Brenda Fest, Virginia Gray, Butch Townsend & Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Counties Water Control & Improvement Dist. No. 1, 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. 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. 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. 2009). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 22.001 (a) (West 2000); Martin v.”
Coinmach Corp. F/K/A Solon Automated Servs., Inc. 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. 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. 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. 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. 2007). · cites it 2× “TEX. PROP.CODE ANN. § 22.001 (Vernon 2006).”
Ely v. Briley, 959 S.W.2d 723 (Tex. App. 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, Debra L. Lance, F.D. Franks, & Helen Franks v. Judith & Terry Robinson, Gary & Brenda Fest, Virginia Gray, Butch Townsend & Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Counties Water Control & Improvement Dist. No. 1, 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. 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. F/K/A Solon Automated Servs., Inc. 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. 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 (Tex. App. 2010).
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