Law:Title 4. Actions And Remedies from Chapter 25. Trial Of Right Of Property (Texas)

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Chapter 25. Trial Of Right Of Property

Section  25.001.  Jurisdiction.

A trial of the right of property is an action that applies only to personal property. A trial of the right of property must be tried in a court with jurisdiction of the amount in controversy.

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3516, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

Section  25.002.  Damages.

If a claimant in a trial of the right of property does not establish a right to the property, the court shall adjudge damages against the obligors in the claimant's bond equal to 10 percent of the lesser of:

(1)  the property's value; or

(2)  the amount claimed under the writ levied against the property.

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3517, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

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