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Rural POA Disputes — When the Association Has No Legal Authority Over Your Land

Texas Property Code · Texas Courts

Situation — How This Comes Up

My rural property owners association is trying to enforce rules against me but I am not sure they have any legal authority.

What You Need to Know First

Rural and unplatted POAs often lack the legal foundation that urban HOAs have. Whether a POA has enforceable authority over your property depends on whether the restrictions were properly created and properly attached to your chain of title.

Full Analysis

Rural property owners associations derive their authority from recorded deed restrictions and recorded plats. A POA that was never properly organized, whose restrictions are not in your chain of title, or whose authority has expired may have no enforceable claim against you.

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