Publications: Property

Texas Rural Land Purchasing Checklist

Karli Kaase, Student Assistant, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Kara Matheney, Project Manager – Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Tiffany Dowell Lashmet, Professor and Extension Specialist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

Built on Texas A&M AgriLife Extension’s Owning Your Piece of Texas handbook, this fact sheet provides research-based guidance to help first-time and transitioning rural real estate buyers better understand key considerations when purchasing rural land in Texas. It is intended for educational purposes and reflects general principles of Texas landownership. Download the checklist here. Posted June 12, 2026.

Uniform Easement Relocation Act (UERA) Factsheet

Rusty Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney
William Gaspard Jr., Research Fellow.

An easement is a legal right allowing someone to use or access another person’s property without owning it. The Uniform Easement Relocation Act (UERA) is a model law that states can enact to allow the owner of a property burdened by an easement to relocate it without the consent of the party that is benefited by the easement. This fact sheet will provide an overview of the UERA and how it impacts landowners that are burdened by an easement, the servient estate owners, and the parties benefited by the easement, the dominant estate owners. Download the factsheet here. Posted September 8, 2023.