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Tex. Prop. Code § 5.023 (2026)

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Sec. 5.023. IMPLIED COVENANTS. (a) Unless the conveyance expressly provides otherwise, the use of "grant" or "convey" in a conveyance of an estate of inheritance or fee simple implies only that the grantor and the grantor's heirs covenant to the grantee and the grantee's heirs or assigns:

(1) that prior to the execution of the conveyance the grantor has not conveyed the estate or any interest in the estate to a person other than the grantee; and

(2) that at the time of the execution of the conveyance the estate is free from encumbrances.

(b) An implied covenant under this section may be the basis for a lawsuit as if it had been expressed in the conveyance.

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3482, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1992–2022 · leading case: Cochran Investments, Inc. v. Chicago Title Ins. Co., 550 S.W.3d 196 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2018).
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Cochran Investments, Inc. v. Chicago Title Ins. Co., 550 S.W.3d 196 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2018). · cites it 8× “that prior to the execution of the conveyance the grantor has not conveyed the estate or any interest in the estate to a person other than the grantee; and 2.”
Orca Assets, G.P., L.L.C. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 542 S.W.3d 591 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2015). · cites it 4× “See TEX. PROP. CODE ANN. § 5.023 (West 2014).”
Luker v. Arnold, 843 S.W.2d 108 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 1992). “See Tex.PROP.Code Ann. § 5.023 (Vernon 1984).”
Deborah H. Underwood Graves v. Nancy D. Logan, 404 S.W.3d 582 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2010). “” Tex. Prop.Code Ann. § 5.023 (Vernon 2004).”
United States v. Lacy, 234 F.R.D. 140 (S.D. Tex. 2005). “Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 5.023 (a). This covenant is “intended to protect the grantee against rights or interests in third parties that, while consistent with the fee being in the grantor, dimmish the value of the estate conveyed.”
Mohammed Hadi Gharbi v. Majid Hemmasi// Cross-Appellee, No. 03-07-00036-CV (Tex. App.—Austin Aug. 10, 2015). · cites it 4× “See Tex. Prop. Code § 5.023. In post-trial briefing, Hemmasi objected to any offset under the unpleaded theory of breach of the implied covenant against encumbrances.”
Martha Lynn Tolbert v. Melinda Tolbert Kartye, No. 12-18-00169-CV (Tex. App.—Tyler Mar. 20, 2019). “TEX. PROP. CODE ANN. § 5.023(a) (West 2014); Fannin Inv.”
Two Twenty Century Homes, Inc. v. DNJ Holdings, LLC, No. 05-20-01082-CV (Tex. App.—Dallas Oct. 18, 2022). “TEX. PROP. CODE § 5.023 (emphasis added).”
Hugh Bob Spiller v. Fid. Nat'l Title Ins. Co., No. 03-97-00501-CV (Tex. App.—Austin Oct. 15, 1998). “Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 5.023 (a) (West 1984).”
Tex. Prop. Code § 5.023(a): 4 cases
Cochran Investments, Inc. v. Chicago Title Ins. Co., 550 S.W.3d 196 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2018). “that prior to the execution of the conveyance the grantor has not conveyed the estate or any interest in the estate to a person other than the grantee; and 2.”
Orca Assets, G.P., L.L.C. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 542 S.W.3d 591 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2015). “See TEX. PROP. CODE ANN. § 5.023 (West 2014).”
Mohammed Hadi Gharbi v. Majid Hemmasi// Cross-Appellee, No. 03-07-00036-CV (Tex. App.—Austin Aug. 10, 2015). “See Tex. Prop. Code § 5.023. In post-trial briefing, Hemmasi objected to any offset under the unpleaded theory of breach of the implied covenant against encumbrances.”
Martha Lynn Tolbert v. Melinda Tolbert Kartye, No. 12-18-00169-CV (Tex. App.—Tyler Mar. 20, 2019). “TEX. PROP. CODE ANN. § 5.023(a) (West 2014); Fannin Inv.”
Tex. Prop. Code § 5.023(a)(1): 1 case
Orca Assets, G.P., L.L.C. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 542 S.W.3d 591 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2015). “See TEX. PROP. CODE ANN. § 5.023 (West 2014).”
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