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The TLTA Judiciary Committee meets periodically and
prepares informative reviews of recent court cases. You may review past
issues of TLTA's Judiciary Report here.
Additionally, recent court cases are reviewed every year at the Robert C. Sneed Texas Land Title Institute and several are included by year in the listing below.
Case Law Updates, David A. Weatherbie 1999-2010
Myrad Properties v. LaSalle Bank National Association - view
| TLTA
Amicus Letter
Texas American Title Company v. Home Loan Corporation d/b/a Expanded
Mortgage Credit - view
| TLTA
Amicus Letter
Section 8 Fee Claim Dismissal - Third Circuit Reverses Dismissal
of RESPA 8(b) Markup Claim | The CFSL Bulletin l August 12, 2010
view
Open Beaches Act - Texas Supreme Court to Rehear Open Beaches Act
| Austin American Statesman l March 3, 2011
view
Texas Supreme Court Decides Open Beaches Act Case - Texas Tribune
l November 5, 2010 view
Attorney General of Texas - view
Attorney General Opinions - view
About the Opinions Process and Who May Participate - view
Index of Opinions - view
Pending
Requests
Requests TLTA Has
Responded To
None at this time
Opinions Relative to the
Texas Title Insurance Industry
RQ-0916-GA - Whether a county clerk is required to permit a
member of the public to copy records with a sheet feed scanner view
| TLTA
letter
GA-0881 - Proper method of calculating interest and penalties on
the residence homestead of an elderly or disabled person whose property
taxes have been deferred under Section 33.06 of the Tax Code. view
RQ-0960-GA - view
GA-0787 - Whether a property tax lien lender may exercise a right
of forced sale after a property owner who has filed a deferment of taxes
attains the age of 65. view
RQ-0857-GA - view
GA-0780 - Application of constitutionality of Section 5.017(b) of
the Texas Property Code with respect to restrictive covenants that were
in existence and recorded in a county’s public records prior to the
statute’s effective date. view
RQ-0843-GA - view
Requests TLTA Is
Tracking
RQ-1051GA - Regarding the authority of a tax assessor-collector
to transfer a taxing unit's tax liens and the scope of the transferred
lien under the Texas Tax Code. view
GA-0886 - Whether chapter 603, Texas Government Code, is
applicable to notaries public. view
RQ-0970-GA - Whether a local board of realtors is a “nonprofit
community business organization” for purposes of Section 11.231 of the
Tax Code. view
RQ-0985-GA - Whether two bills that amend Section 36.121 of the
Water Code, which relates to the rulemaking power of groundwater
conservation districts, are in irreconcilable conflict. view
RQ-0988-GA - Whether Section 74.501 of the Property Code
prohibits the Comptroller from making direct payments of unclaimed
property proceeds to certain persons. view
RQ-0992-GA - Jurisdiction of the Appraiser Licensing and
Certification Board over a property tax appraiser’s “uniform and equal”
analysis. view
Mortgage Services Settlement - Abbott Joins in Objections to
Mortgage Services Settlement view
Ocean-Front Property Rights - view
Higher Court Reverses Section 8 Fee Claim
Dismissal
Aug 2010 | TLTA DATELINE AUSTIN
AG Issues Opinion on Property Tax Calculations
Aug 2010 | TLTA DATELINE AUSTIN
AG Issues Opinion on Property Tax Lien Lenders
Aug 2010 | TLTA DATELINE AUSTIN
Attorney General Issues Opinion on Private Transfer
Fees
July 2010 | TLTA DATELINE AUSTIN
Texas Supreme Court Overturns Myrad Case
Jan 13, 2009 | TLTA DATELINE AUSTIN
