Texas § 208.009 DEFENSE TO ENFORCEMENT OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANT.

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§ 208.009 — DEFENSE TO ENFORCEMENT OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANT.

Texas § 208.009

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Bluebook

Tex. Property Code Code Ann. § 208.009 (2026).

Text

Sec. 208.009. DEFENSE TO ENFORCEMENT OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANT. An owner may not assert as a defense to the enforcement of a restrictive covenant that is part of a common scheme for preservation of historic property that the owner or a predecessor in title signed a blank signature page or similar procedural defect if the signature page was attached to a dedicatory instrument adopted by a historic neighborhood preservation association and:

(1)the dedicatory instrument has been recorded for more than two years; or

(2)the restrictive covenant is referenced in the owner's title insurance policy obtained by the owner when the property was purchased.

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Sec. 208.009. DEFENSE TO ENFORCEMENT OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANT. An owner may not assert as a defense to the enforcement of a restrictive covenant that is part of a common scheme for preservation of historic property that the owner or a predecessor in title signed a blank signature page or similar procedural defect if the signature page was attached to a dedicatory instrument adopted by a historic neighborhood preservation association and:
(1) the dedicatory instrument has been recorded for more than two years; or
(2) the restrictive covenant is referenced in the owner's title insurance policy obtained by the owner when the property was purchased.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 871, Sec. 2, eff. June 18, 1999. Renumbered from Sec. 207.009 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 21.001(98), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.