Guides
Guides on land
Clear guides with the law and the official source cited. We're starting with Texas.
National
Mexico vs. Texas: how buying, selling and inheriting land works
Escritura vs. deed, notario vs. title company, predial vs. property taxes.
How to buy land in Texas as a non-citizen
With an ITIN, a green card or from Mexico: what to check and how to avoid scams.
Texas
- Heirs' property: putting the land in your name
- Affidavit of heirship
- Homestead exemption for heirs
- Small estate affidavit
- Probate with and without a will
- Heirs' partition
- Contract for deed: your rights
- Back taxes and the tax sale
- Agricultural valuation (ag exemption)
- Colonias in Texas: your rights
- In Texas, a notary is not a lawyer