Attorneys Board Certified in Residential Real Estate Law in Texas

For purposes of the board certification program, the term "Real Estate Law" is defined to include "providing advice and services concerning the laws applicable to land and the improvements and appurtenances (including air and subsurface estates) to land.

The term "real estate law" also includes "the acquisition, transfer, development, financing and use of land, including knowledge of restrictions and constraints imposed privately and by local, state and federal governments upon land and the improvements to land."

The term "Residential Real Estate Law" is defined as "providing advice and services in connection with the acquisition, ownership, leasing, financing, use, transfer and disposition of residential real property."

For purposes of becoming board certified in residential real estate law, the attorney must show that at least twenty percent (20%) of the attorney's total time must have been devoted to the practice of Texas residential real estate law during each year of the 3 years immediately preceding application. 

Additionally, the attorney must show that aminimum of 30% of his or her total time practicing Texas real estate law during each year of the 3 years immediately preceding application.