Texas Administrative Code
Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
Part 1 - GENERAL LAND OFFICE
Chapter 13 - LAND RESOURCES
Subchapter E - VACANCIES
Section 13.42 - Necessary Party Identified But Not Located
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) If the agency sends a notice to a necessary party and the notice is returned, the agency shall make reasonable efforts to locate the necessary party. If the reasonable efforts do not locate the necessary party, the agency, in its sole discretion, may request that the attorney ad litem make additional reasonable efforts to locate such necessary party.
(b) If the agency or the attorney ad litem cannot locate an identified necessary party, the agency shall publish notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county and general area where the land alleged to be vacant is located. The notice shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks. The notice shall:
(c) The agency shall request the attorney ad litem to represent the interest of any identified, unlocated necessary party.