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"uE ATTrORN'EY GENERAL
AUAsTIN. TEXAs 787 i
August 14, 1967
Honorable Charles H. Bolton Opinion No. M-119
County Attorney
Meridian, Texas Re: Must a writ of possession
be issued within a period
of 20 days after the period
of redemption on property
sold attax sale has expired
and not thereafter under
the authority of Art. 7345b,
Sec. 12, V.C.S., and related
Dear Mr. Bolton: statutes.
You have requested the opinion of this Office in regard
to the following question:
Must a writ of possession be issued within
a period of 20 days after the period of
redemption on property sold at a tax sale
has expired, and not thereafter, under
the provisions of Article 7345b, Section
12, Vernon's Civil Statutes, and the
related statutes?
Section 12 of Article 7345b, provides as follows:
"In all suits heretofore or hereafter
filed to collect delinquent taxes against
property, judgment in said suit shall pro-
vide for the issuance of writ of possession
within twenty (20) days after the period of
redemption shall have expired to the pur-
chaser at foreclosure sale or its or his
assigns; but whenever land is sold under
Judgment in such suit for taxes, the owner
of such property, or anyone having an inter-
est therein, or their heirs, assigns or
legal representatives, may, within two (2)
years from the date of the filing for record
of the purchaser's deed and not thereafter,
have the right to redeem said property from
such purchase on the following basis, . . .- 544 -
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-119, text, 1967; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth269337/m1/1/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.