Sec. 16.025.  ADVERSE POSSESSION:  FIVE-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD.  (a)  A person must bring suit not later than five years after the day the cause of action accrues to recover real property held in peaceable and adverse possession by another who:
(1)  cultivates, uses, or enjoys the property;
(2)  pays applicable taxes on the property;  and
(3)  claims the property under a duly registered deed.
(b)  This section does not apply to a claim based on a quitclaim deed, a forged deed, or a deed executed under a forged power of attorney.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Amended by: 
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 94 (S.B. 885), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.