Section 65.002 - Conditions for Authority to Act As Agent for Co-Owner A co-owner of residential property may act in the name of and on behalf of another co-owner, whether known or unknown, as the co-owner's statutory agent and attorney-in-fact for the purposes described by Section 65.004 if:
(1) the co-owner has occupied the property for more than five years;(2) the co-owner has a residence homestead exemption for the property under Section 11.13, Tax Code;(3) for the five years preceding the date the documents required by Section 65.003 are filed, the occupying co-owner has paid all assessed ad valorem taxes without delinquency and without contribution from the other co-owner; and(4) the occupying co-owner files the documents required by Section 65.003.Amended by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 161,Sec. 22.002, eff. 9/1/2013.Amended by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 161,Sec. 22.001, eff. 9/1/2013.Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 918, Sec. 1, eff. 6/17/2011.