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Terms Used In Texas Natural Resources Code 51.192

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

A person may appeal the commissioner’s final order determining that a vacancy exists if the person:
(1) is a necessary party;
(2) has a present legal interest in the surface or mineral estate at the time a vacancy application is filed; or
(3) acquires a legal interest before the date of the commissioner’s final order.