Texas Statutes
§ 52.177 — RIGHTS OF SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER.
Texas § 52.177
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Code NRNatural Resources Code
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Bluebook
Tex. Natural Resources Code Code Ann. § 52.177 (2026).
Text
Sec. 52.177. RIGHTS OF SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER. If one acquires a valid right by permit or lease to the oil and gas in any unsold public free school or asylum land under any other law, a subsequent purchaser of such land shall not acquire any rights to any of the oil and gas that may be therein, but when the rights under such permit or lease terminate in the manner provided in the law under which they were obtained, then the owner of the soil shall become the owner of that portion of the oil and gas herein relinquished, and shall be thereafter subject to the provisions of this law. A forfeiture of the purchase of any survey or tract for any cause shall operate as a forfeiture of the minerals therein to the state. A relinquishment to the state of a lease producing oil or gas in paying quantiti
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Legislative History
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2459, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
Nearby Sections
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§ 52.001
DEFINITIONS.§ 52.011
AREA SUBJECT TO LEASE.§ 52.012
CONDITIONS FOR LEASE.§ 52.014
DATE FOR LEASE AND NOTICE.§ 52.015
BID TO LEASE.§ 52.016
SPECIAL FEE.§ 52.017
KEEPING AND OPENING BIDS.§ 52.018
VOID APPLICATION.§ 52.019
TIE BIDS.§ 52.021
TERM OF LEASE.§ 52.022
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Bluebook (online)
Texas § 52.177, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tx/NR/52.177.