(a) The owner of a tract of land located outside the corporate limits of a municipality that divides the tract in any manner that creates two or more lots of five acres or less intended for residential purposes must have a plat of the subdivision prepared. Lots of five acres or less are presumed to be for residential purposes unless the land is restricted to nonresidential uses on the final plat and all deeds and contracts for deeds.
(b) No subdivided land shall be sold or conveyed until the subdivider:
  (1) has received approval of a final plat of the tract; and
  (2) has filed and recorded with the county clerk of the county in which the tract is located a legally approved plat.
(c) A division of a tract is defined as including a metes and bounds description, or any description of less than a whole parcel, in a deed of conveyance or in a contract for a deed, using a contract of sale or other executory contract, lease/purchase agreement, or using any other method to convey property.

Source Note: The provisions of this §364.15 adopted to be effective February 10, 2000, 25 TexReg 800