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Property Code - CHAPTER 43

CHAPTER 43. EXEMPT PUBLIC PROPERTY

§ 43.001. Exempt Public Library

     A public library is exempt from attachment, execution, and forced sale.

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3525, ch. 576, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

§ 43.002. Exempt Property

     The real property of the state, including the real property held in the name of state agencies and funds, and the real property of a political subdivision of the state are exempt from attachment, execution, and forced sale. A judgment lien or abstract of judgment may not be filed or perfected against the state, a unit of state government, or a political subdivision of the state on property owned by the state, a unit of state government, or a political subdivision of the state; any such judgment lien or abstract of judgment is void and unenforceable.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 159, § 1, eff. May 20, 1997.

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