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Texas Estates Code § 355.159

Manner of Foreclosure; Minimum Price

Presentment and Payment of Claims · Presentment and Payment of Secured Claims for Money

(a) When the court grants a claim holder the right of foreclosure at a hearing under Section 355.158, the court shall authorize the claim holder to foreclose the claim holder's mortgage, lien, or security interest:

(1) in accordance with the provisions of the document creating the mortgage, lien, or security interest; or

(2) in any other manner allowed by law.

(b) Based on the evidence presented at the hearing, the court may set a minimum price for the property to be sold by foreclosure that does not exceed the fair market value of the property. If the court sets a minimum price, the property may not be sold at the foreclosure sale for a lower price.

Official text of the Texas Estates Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.

This section refers to

§ 355.158

Sections that refer to this one

§ 403.058