Presidio County Owelty of Partition Agreement Form
Last validated July 18, 2026 by our Forms Development TeamFormatted for recording in Presidio County, for property anywhere in the county: rural and unincorporated areas as well as Marfa, Presidio, Redford, Valentine.
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Presidio County Owelty of Partition Agreement Form
Fill in the blank Owelty of Partition Agreement form formatted to comply with all Texas recording and content requirements.

Presidio County Owelty of Partition Agreement Guide
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Presidio County Completed Example of the Owelty of Partition Agreement Document
Example of a properly completed Texas Owelty of Partition Agreement document for reference.
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Where to Record Your Documents
County Clerk's Office
Marfa, Texas 79843
Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Phone: (432) 729-4812
Recording Tips for Presidio County:
- Bring your driver's license or state-issued photo ID
- Ensure all signatures are in blue or black ink
- Check that your notary's commission hasn't expired
- Documents must be on 8.5 x 11 inch white paper
- Double-check legal descriptions match your existing deed
Cities and Jurisdictions in Presidio County
Properties in any of these areas use Presidio County forms:
- Marfa
- Presidio
- Redford
- Valentine
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Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Presidio County, including margin requirements, font requirements, and other layout standards. This guarantee applies to formatting, not to the legal sufficiency of information entered by the user or the suitability of a form for a particular transaction.
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Yes. You can reuse the forms for your personal use. For example, if you have multiple properties in Presidio County you only need to order once.
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How much does it cost to record in Presidio County?
Recording fees in Presidio County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (432) 729-4812 for current fees.
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Texas homestead law keeps nearly every voluntary lien off a home. Article XVI, Section 50 of the Texas Constitution lists the only debts a homestead can secure, and Section 50(c) makes any other lien on the homestead invalid. An owelty of partition sits on that short constitutional list. When two co-owners of Texas real property end their co-ownership by setting the entire property aside to one of them, the equalizing payment owed to the other, called the owelty, can be secured by a lien imposed against the entirety of the property by a court order or by a written agreement of the parties to the partition. The Texas Owelty of Partition Agreement is that written agreement.
A lien the homestead admits
The Texas Supreme Court described the doctrine in Sayers v. Pyland (1942): when property is divided into shares of unequal value, the difference is owelty, secured by a lien on the more valuable share in favor of the party receiving the less valuable one, and the owelty is in the nature of purchase money, the same footing as a vendor's lien. The court added that what a court can fix in a partition suit, co-owners can fix for themselves in a voluntary partition by agreement. A 1995 constitutional amendment wrote the rule into Article XVI, Section 50(a)(3), and Property Code Section 41.001(b)(4) repeats it in the statutes: an owelty of partition imposed against the entirety of the property is among the encumbrances that may properly attach to homestead property.
One instrument, three moving parts
The form works in a single recorded instrument. The entirety of the property is set aside and awarded to one co-owner, the Acquiring Owner. The other co-owner, the Relinquishing Owner, conveys the undivided interest with words of grant and without warranty. And the parties impose an owelty of partition in a stated amount against the entirety, expressly reserving a lien in favor of the Relinquishing Owner until the owelty is paid. Because the lien reaches the whole property rather than a half interest, and because it carries purchase-money character, it fits the way title companies and refinance lenders handle a buyout: a lender advancing funds to pay the owelty at closing can take the note and lien by transfer, and the recorded agreement is what the title examiner finds in the chain of title.
Decrees, sibling buyouts, and the two constitutional routes
The constitution recognizes two routes to an owelty lien: a court order, which includes a divorce decree dividing or awarding the family homestead, and a written agreement of the parties to the partition. This form documents the agreement route between two co-owners of record: siblings who inherited a house together, partners who bought together, or former spouses who hold as tenants in common after a divorce. The form carries a joining-spouse signature block for homestead joinder under Family Code Section 5.001, a separate notary certificate for each signer, and the confidentiality notice required by Property Code Section 11.008 at the top of the first page, ready for the county clerk of the county where the property is located.
The download includes the agreement as a fillable PDF, a completed example documenting a Bexar County buyout, and a plain-language guide that walks through every numbered section, the signing formalities, and the recording steps. The materials describe Texas law in general terms and are not legal advice.
Important: Your property must be located in Presidio County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the county recording office listed above.
This Owelty of Partition Agreement meets all recording requirements specific to Presidio County.
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