Palo Pinto County Owelty of Partition Deed Form
Last validated July 18, 2026 by our Forms Development TeamFormatted for recording in Palo Pinto County, for property anywhere in the county: rural and unincorporated areas as well as Gordon, Graford, Mineral Wells, Mingus, Palo Pinto, Santo, Strawn.
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Palo Pinto County Owelty of Partition Deed Form
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Palo Pinto County
Palo Pinto, Texas 76484
Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Phone: (940) 659-1277
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Cities and Jurisdictions in Palo Pinto County
Properties in any of these areas use Palo Pinto County forms:
- Gordon
- Graford
- Mineral Wells
- Mingus
- Palo Pinto
- Santo
- Strawn
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Texas homestead law turns away nearly every lien a creditor can devise, and an owelty of partition lien is one of the few it admits. Article XVI, Section 50(a)(3) of the Texas Constitution excepts from homestead protection an owelty of partition imposed against the entirety of the property by a court order or by a written agreement of the parties to the partition, including a debt of one spouse in favor of the other resulting from the award of a family homestead in a divorce. This form prepares the deed built on that exception: one co-owner conveys an undivided interest to the other, and the deed retains an owelty of partition lien against the whole property to secure the equalizing payment.
Equality money, secured by the entire property
Owelty is an old word for the money that makes a division equal. When two owners split co-owned real estate and one keeps property worth more than that owner's share, the difference is owed as owelty, and partition law secures it with a lien on the share of greater value. The Texas Supreme Court described the power to award owelty as a necessary incident of partitioning property in Sayers v. Pyland (1942) and confirmed that the lien can arise in a voluntary partition by agreement, not only in a courtroom. What makes the owelty lien unusual is its reach: it attaches to the entirety of the property, including the interest the paying owner already held, and it holds even where the property is the paying owner's homestead.
Why the grantee signs too
Most deeds carry one signature. This one carries two, and the second is where the lien's constitutional footing lives. The exception reaches a lien imposed by a court order or by a written agreement of the parties to the partition, so the deed is drafted as that written agreement: the grantor conveys the undivided interest with a special warranty, retaining the owelty lien, and the grantee joins to agree in writing to the partition and to the imposition of the lien against the entirety of the property, the grantee's own original interest included. The deed provides a place to identify a divorce decree or separate partition agreement, and it states in capital letters that the lien holds until the owelty note is fully paid, at which time the deed becomes absolute.
The paperwork around the deed
The recorded deed travels with companions: the owelty note that states the payment terms, commonly a deed of trust to secure owelty of partition, and, at payoff, a recorded release of lien. Because a properly imposed owelty lien is valid against a homestead, Texas title and lending practice treats the buyout as secured financing rather than a home equity transaction. The deed records with the county clerk of the county where the property is located and carries the confidentiality notice of Property Code Section 11.008 on its first page.
The download includes the deed as a fillable PDF formatted to Texas recording standards, a completed example filled in for a Bexar County divorce fact pattern, and a plain language guide covering each numbered section, the two signature design, and recording. The materials describe the law in general terms and are not legal advice.
Important: Your property must be located in Palo Pinto County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the county recording office listed above.
This Owelty of Partition Deed meets all recording requirements specific to Palo Pinto County.
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