Tex. Insurance Code § 2703.056
EXCEPTIONS; MINERAL AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY INTERESTS
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- Tex. Insurance Code § 2703.056, EXCEPTIONS; MINERAL AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY INTERESTS, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/685164
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(a) Subject to the underwriting standards of the title insurance company, a title insurance company may in a commitment for title insurance or a title insurance policy include a general exception or a special exception to except from coverage:
(1) a mineral estate or the geothermal energy and associated resources below the surface of the land; or
(2) an instrument that purports to reserve or transfer all or part of a mineral estate or the geothermal energy and associated resources below the surface of the land.
(b) A reduction to, or credit on a premium charge for, a policy of title insurance or other insuring form may not be directly or indirectly based on an exclusion of, or general or special exception to, a mineral estate or the geothermal energy and associated resources below the surface of the land in the title insurance policy.
(c) The inclusion in a title insurance policy of a general exception or a special exception described by Subsection (a) does not create title insurance coverage as to the condition or ownership of the mineral estate or the geothermal energy and associated resources below the surface of the land.