(a) A municipality may not participate in a suit or other proceeding to foreclose a property owners’ association’s lien on real property.
(b) In a suit or other proceeding to foreclose a property owners’ association’s lien on real property in the subdivision, the association may not submit into evidence or otherwise use the work product of the municipality’s legal counsel.

Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 212.1535

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.