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PROPERTY CODE

CHAPTER 25. TRIAL OF RIGHT OF PROPERTY


	§ 25.001. JURISDICTION.  A trial of the right of property 
is an action that applies only to personal property.  A trial of the 
right of property must be tried in a court with jurisdiction of the 
amount in controversy.

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3516, ch. 576, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.            


	§ 25.002. DAMAGES.  If a claimant in a trial of the right 
of property does not establish a right to the property, the court 
shall adjudge damages against the obligors in the claimant's bond 
equal to 10 percent of the lesser of:
		(1)  the property's value;  or                                                
		(2)  the amount claimed under the writ levied against 
the property.         

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3517, ch. 576, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.