Section 125.046 - Additional Remedies; Receiver(a) If, in any judicial proceeding under Subchapter A, a court determines that a person is maintaining a vacant lot, vacant or abandoned building, or multiunit residential property that is a common nuisance, the court may, on its own motion or on the motion of any party, order the appointment of a receiver to manage the property or render any other order allowed by law as necessary to abate the nuisance.(b) A receiver appointed under this section may not be appointed for a period longer than one year.(c) The court shall determine the management duties of the receiver, the amount to be paid the receiver, the method of payment, and the payment periods.(d) A receiver appointed under this section shall continue to manage the property during the pendency of any appeal relating to the nuisance or the appointment of the receiver.(e) A receiver appointed by the court may: (1) take control of the property;(2) collect rents due on the property;(3) make or have made any repairs necessary to bring the property into compliance with minimum standards in local ordinances;(4) make payments necessary for the maintenance or restoration of utilities to the properties;(5) purchase materials necessary to accomplish repairs;(6) renew existing rental contracts and leases;(7) enter into new rental contracts and leases;(8) affirm, renew, or enter into a new contract providing for insurance coverage on the property; and(9) exercise all other authority that an owner of the property would have except for the authority to sell the property.(f) Expenditures of monies by the receiver in excess of $10,000 under Subdivisions (3) and (5) of Subsection (e) shall require prior approval of the court.(g) On the completion of the receivership, the receiver shall file with the court a full accounting of all costs and expenses incurred in the repairs, including reasonable costs for labor and subdivision, and all income received from the property.Tex. Civ. Prac. and Rem. Code § 125.046
Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 775,Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2017.Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1202, Sec. 7, eff. 9/1/2003.Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 818, Sec. 2, eff. 8/28/1995.