Texas Transportation Code
§ 251.058 — CLOSING, ABANDONING, AND VACATING PUBLIC ROAD
TN § 251.058Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part C. COUNTY ROADS AND BRIDGES · Ch. 251. GENERAL COUNTY AUTHORITY RELATING TO ROADS AND BRIDGES · Art. B. ESTABLISHING AND CLOSING ROADS
Statute text
View on source(a)A property owner may not enjoin the entry or enforcement of an order of a commissioners court, acting at the request of any person or on its own initiative, to close, abandon, and vacate a public road or portion of a public road unless the property owner is entitled to an injunction because:
(1)the person owns property that abuts the portion of the road being closed, abandoned, and vacated; or
(2)the portion of the road being closed, abandoned, and vacated provides the only ingress to or egress from the person's property.
(b)Except as provided by Subsection (b-3), title to a public road or portion of a public road that is closed, abandoned, and vacated to the center line of the road vests on the date the order is signed by the county judge in the owner of the property that abuts the portion of the road being closed, abandoned, and vacated. A copy of the order shall be filed in the deed records of the county and serves as the official instrument of conveyance from the county to the owner of the abutting property. The order shall:
(1)include the name of each property owner who receives a conveyance under this section;
(2)include the dimensions of the property being conveyed to each property owner;
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Legislative history
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 233 (S.B. 1614), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 538 (H.B. 1709), Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 2015. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 907 (S.B. 2589), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.