• ♦Manual Notice 2023-1
• ►1. Administrative Requirements Preliminary to Formal Authority for Right of Way Acquisition
  • ►1. Delineation between Right of Way Acquisition and Preliminary Engineering
    • ♦ROW CSJ (Project ID) Costs Versus Construction CSJ (Controlling Project ID) Costs
  • ►2. Requesting a ROW CSJ (Project ID)
    • ♦Procedures
  • ►3. Federal Project Authorization and Agreement (FPAA)
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Procedures
  • ►4. Schematic Layout for Transportation Project
    • ♦Process
  • ►5. Environmental Clearance
    • ♦Process
  • ►6. Public Involvement (Public Hearing)
    • ♦Process
  • ►7. ROW Program Office Formal Authority to Proceed for Right of Way Acquisition
    • ♦Determination of Eligibility
  • ►8. Federal Project Numbers on Records
    • ♦Requirement
• ▼2. Types of Project Authorities
  • ►1. Authority Types
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Advanced Acquisition
    • ♦Limited Release for Preliminary Utility Activities
    • ♦Limited Authority to Proceed
    • ♦Partial Authority to Proceed
    • ♦Full Authority to Proceed
    • ♦Limited Release for Utility Work Only
  • ►2. Authority for Right of Way Acquisition
    • ♦Additional Requirements
  • ▼3. Authority for Advanced Acquisition
    • ♦Procedures
• ►3. Advance Acquisition of Right of Way
  • ►1. Advance Acquisition (for State)
    • ♦Definition
  • ►2. Policy on Advance Acquisition (for State)
    • ♦Policy
  • ►3. General Requirements for Advance Acquisition (for State)
    • ♦Requirements
  • ►4. Additional Requirements for Submissions for Advance Acquisition through Donation (for State)
    • ♦Requirements
  • ►5. Approval of Advance Acquisition (for State)
    • ♦Process
    • ♦Reimbursement
  • ►6. Advance Acquisition of Right of Way (for LPA)
    • ♦Requirements
  • ►7. Disposition of Advance Acquired Properties
    • ♦Overview
• ►4. Administrative Requirements after Formal Authority for Right of Way Acquisition
  • ►1. State Cost Participation in Local Government Right of Way Acquisition
    • ♦Statutory Authority for State Cost Participation
    • ♦Commission Authorization for Right of Way Project Eligibility
    • ♦Rules and Regulations Governing State Cost Participation
    • ♦Local Government Option (for State) Right of Way Acquisition
  • ►2. Effect of Approved Values on Authorized Right of Way Funds
    • ♦Process
• ►5. Right of Way Property Acquisition
  • ►1. Right of Way Property Acquisition Policies and Procedures
    • ♦Basic Acquisition Responsibilities (for State)
    • ♦Basic Acquisition Responsibilities (for LPA)
  • ►2. TxDOT Monitoring of LPA Acquisitions
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►3. Informational Notice to Owners Required (for State and LPA)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►4. Pre-Appraisal Contact
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►5. Establishment of Just Compensation Required (for State and LPA)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►6. Policies on Appraisal and State Acquisition of Improvements (for State and LPA)
    • ♦Policy
  • ►7. Landowner’s Bill of Rights and Written Initial Offer to Purchase as Required Elements of a Bona Fide Offer (for State and LPA)
    • ♦Landowner’s Bill of Rights
    • ♦Methods of Providing the Landowner’s Bill of Rights
    • ♦Documenting Compliance with the Landowner’s Bill of Rights Statute
    • ♦Initial Written Offer to Purchase
    • ♦Elements of Required “Bona Fide Offer”
  • ►8. Owner Retention of Improvements (for State and LPA)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►9. Negotiation Contacts and Reports (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►10. Negotiation Contacts and Reports (for LPA)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►11. Updating Offer of Just Compensation (for State and LPA)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►12. Control of Access Rights (for State and LPA)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►13. Policy on “Uneconomic Remainders” (Excess Takings) (for State)
    • ♦Policy
    • ♦Discretionary Remainder Acquisitions
  • ►14. Policy on “Uneconomic Remainders” (Excess Takings) (for LPA)
    • ♦Policy
  • ►15. Overlooked Items in Property Valuation (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►16. Change in Property Status during Negotiations (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►17. Adverse Possession Involved in Acquisition (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►18. Encroachments (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►19. Acquisition of Undivided Interests in Property Acquired (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►20. Acquisition of Separate Easement Interests (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►21. Acquisition of Leasehold Interests (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►22. Information for Income Tax Purposes for Property Owners (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►23. Information for Income Tax Purposes for Property Owners (for LPA)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►24. Rest Areas (or Roadside Parks) (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►25. Irrigation and Drainage Canals (for State and LPA)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►26. Cemeteries (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
    • ♦Impact Categories
  • ►27. Acquisition of TxDOT Employee’s Property (for State and LPA)
    • ♦Procedures
  • ►28. Requesting Federal Assistance in Acquiring Private Property (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►29. Administrative Settlements (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
    • ♦Enhanced Negotiations
    • ♦Enhanced Negotiations Process
  • ►30. Administrative Settlements (for LPA)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►31. Possession and Use Agreements (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
    • ♦For LPA
• ►6. Right of Way Donations and Exchanges
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦For State
  • ►2. Legal Requirements to Accept Donations (for State)
    • ♦Statutory Requirements
    • ♦Rules Requirements
  • ►3. Exchanges (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►4. Procedures for Receiving Donations (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►5. Donation Requests Not Associated With Projects (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►6. Procedures for Receiving Donations (for LPA)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►7. Matching Fund Credits
    • ♦Matching Fund Credits to LPA (State-Funded Project; No Federal-Aid)
    • ♦Matching Fund Credits (Federal-aid Project)
• ►7. Procedures Regarding Commercial Sign Interests
  • ►1. Negotiation for Commercial Signs (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►2. Conveyance of Commercial Sign Interests (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►3. Payment for Negotiated Commercial Sign Interests (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►4. Acquisition of Commercial Sign Interests by Eminent Domain (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►5. Removal and Relocation of Certain Commercial Signs (for State)
    • ♦Overview
  • ►6. General Procedures (for LPA)
    • ♦Overview
  • ►7. Leasehold Signs (for LPA)
    • ♦Procedure
• ►8. Fencing Policies and Procedures
  • ►1. Fencing Policies (for State)
    • ♦Policy
  • ►2. Control of Access Fences (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►3. Jointly Owned Property Line Fences (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►4. Fencing Procedure (for LPA)
    • ♦Procedure
• ►9. Passes, Stock Passes, and Cattle Guards
  • ►1. Pass Policies (for State)
    • ♦Policy
  • ►2. Guidelines for Land Use Facilities (TxDOT) (for State)
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Passes
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►3. Inclusion of Pass Privileges in Instruments of Conveyance (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►4. Permits for Passes (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►5. Conveyance and Title Requirements for Passes (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►6. Negotiation for Passes (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►7. Submission for Payment When Pass Involved (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►8. Cost Charge for Passes (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►9. Pass Policies (for LPA)
    • ♦Commission Policy
  • ►10. Cost Charge for Passes (for LPA)
    • ♦Negotiation
    • ♦Deeds and Title Requirements
    • ♦Special Purchase Agreement
    • ♦Cost Charge
• ►10. Acquisition of State-Owned Lands for Right of Way
  • ►1. Appraising State-Owned Property
    • ♦Valuation
  • ►2. Property Adjustment Work on State-Owned Lands
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►3. General Submission Requirements for Formal Negotiations
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►4. Texas Departments of State Health Services and of Aging and Disability Services Lands
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►5. Parks and Wildlife Department Lands
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►6. University of Texas Lands
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►7. Permanent School Fund Lands and General Land Office Lands
    • ♦Procedure
    • ♦General Land Office Lands
  • ►8. Veterans Land Board Land Under Contract to a Veteran
    • ♦General
    • ♦TxDOT Appraisal Procedure
    • ♦Negotiations and Procedure for Fee Title
    • ♦Right of Way Deed
    • ♦Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)
    • ♦Title Policy Commitment
    • ♦Billing Assembly/Submission to the ROW Program Office/Closing
    • ♦Negotiations for Right of Way Easements
    • ♦Billing Submission to the ROW Program Office
    • ♦Eminent Domain Proceedings
  • ►9. TxDOT Lands
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►10. LPA As Acquiring Agent
    • ♦Procedure
• ►11. ROW Acquisition of Federal Lands
  • ►1. Regulations Governing Acquisition of Federal Lands
    • ♦Overview
  • ►2. Acquisition Procedures for Federal Lands (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
    • ♦Functional Replacement of Real Property
    • ♦Federal Land Transfers
    • ♦Property Adjustment Work on Federal Lands (by State)
    • ♦Forest Service Lands
    • ♦Lands under Jurisdiction of Corps of Engineers
    • ♦Lands under Jurisdiction of Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
    • ♦Lands under Jurisdiction of U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
  • ►3. Acquisition Procedures for Federal Lands (for LPA)
    • ♦General
    • ♦Property Adjustment Work on Federal Lands (by LPA)
• ►12. ROW Acquisition of County or City Property
  • ►1. For State and LPA
    • ♦Authority
    • ♦General
  • ►2. Acquisition of Property for LPA Exchange
    • ♦Authority
  • ►3. Acquisition of Replacement Lands (Federally funded projects)
    • ♦For State and LPA
• ►13. Instruments of Conveyance for On-System Projects
  • ►1. General Requirements for Proper Conveyance
    • ♦Requirements
  • ►2. Standard Conveyance Forms
    • ♦Procedure
    • ♦Special Clause for Reserving Minerals
    • ♦Use of Correction Deeds
    • ♦Special Warranty Deeds
    • ♦Possession and Use Agreement
    • ♦Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)
• ►14. Special Clauses for Conveyance Instruments
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Policy (for State and LPA)
  • ►2. Approved Special Clauses for Use in Conveyance Instruments
    • ♦Use of Clauses (for State and LPA)
    • ♦Retention of Improvements
    • ♦Appointment of Single Payee or Attorney-in-Fact
    • ♦Bisected Improvements
    • ♦Stock Pass and other Pass Privileges
    • ♦Special Mineral Clause
    • ♦Retention of Private Right
    • ♦Conflict of Title and Encroaching Improvements (for State)
    • ♦Conflict of Title and Encroaching Improvements (for LPA)
    • ♦Temporary Right of Occupancy
    • ♦Exceptions to Title
• ►15. Title Requirements and Title Insurance
  • ►1. Title Requirements: Policy Regarding Title to be Acquired (for State or LPA)
    • ♦Overview
  • ►2. Title Insurance Requirements (for State)
    • ♦General
  • ►3. Title Insurance Requirements (for LPA)
    • ♦General
  • ►4. Title Insurance Requirements: Donations, Taxes (for State and LPA)
    • ♦General Requirements for Lands Acquired
    • ♦Donated Parcels
    • ♦Past Due or Delinquent Taxes
    • ♦Current Taxes
    • ♦Hotel/Motel Occupancy Taxes
  • ►5. Curative Work and Acceptable Title Insurance Commitment and Title Insurance Policy Exceptions
    • ♦Curative Work
    • ♦Liens, Defects, and Encumbrances
    • ♦Restrictive Covenants
    • ♦Restrictions
    • ♦Survey Exceptions
    • ♦Tax Exceptions
    • ♦Easement Exceptions
    • ♦Public Utility Easements Exceptions
    • ♦Lease and Private Rights Exceptions
    • ♦Mineral Exceptions
    • ♦Retention of Improvements
    • ♦Other Property Interests
    • ♦Rights of Parties in Possession
  • ►6. Approved Title Insurance Companies
    • ♦General
  • ►7. Procuring Title Data
    • ♦General
  • ►8. Title Insurance Policy Commitments
    • ♦General
  • ►9. Title Insurance Policies
    • ♦For State
    • ♦For LPA
  • ►10. Fees for Title Services
    • ♦General
  • ►11. Certificates Required of Title Insurance Companies
    • ♦General
  • ►12. Closing by Title Insurance Company
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►13. Title Insurance Company’s Closing Statement
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►14. Recording of Legal Instruments
    • ♦Procedure (for State)
    • ♦Procedure (for LPA)
  • ►15. Escrow Services by Title Insurance Company
    • ♦Procedure
• ►16. Hazardous Materials
  • ►1. List of Terms Used in this Chapter
    • ♦CERCLA
  • ►2. TxDOT Objectives in Regard to Hazardous Materials
    • ♦Preventative or Corrective Action
    • ♦Cost Recovery
    • ♦Objectives
    • ♦Standard Operating Procedure
  • ►3. Procedure Overview
    • ♦Overview
  • ►4. Petroleum Storage Tank Systems (PSTS)
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Petroleum Storage Tank Systems Treated as Personal Property
    • ♦Petroleum Storage Tank Systems Treated as Real Property
  • ►5. Asbestos in Buildings
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Management
  • ►6. Hazardous Waste Contamination
    • ♦CERCLA Immunity
• ►17. Environmental Covenants for Contaminated Property
  • ►1. Background
    • ♦Background
    • ♦Definition of an Environmental Covenant
    • ♦Purpose of an Environmental Covenant
    • ♦Roles and Responsibilities for Coordinating an Environmental Covenant
    • ♦General Overview
  • ►2. Federal and State Corrective Action Standards
    • ♦Standards
  • ►3. TxDOT Standards
    • ♦Standards
  • ►4. TxDOT Documentation Requirements
    • ♦Requirements
  • ►5. Notice Requirements
    • ♦Notice Requirements
    • ♦Notice Language Requirements
    • ♦Notice Submission Requirements
    • ♦Review of Public Comments
  • ►6. Environmental Covenant Information
    • ♦Environmental Covenant Information
  • ►7. Texas Transportation Commission Review
    • ♦TTC Review
  • ►8. Entering the Environmental Covenant
    • ♦Entering the Environmental Covenant
  • ►9. Zoning or Land Use Controls by Local Governments
    • ♦Local Government Controls
  • ►10. Cost Recovery for Third Party Environmental Covenants
    • ♦Cost Recovery
  • ►11. Tracking the Environmental Covenant for Future Reference
    • ♦Tracking the Covenant
• ►18. General Payment Policies and Procedures for State and LPA
  • ►1. General Payment Policy
    • ♦Overview
  • ►2. Refund to State Based on Final Judgment
    • ♦Overview
  • ►3. Billings for Fee Appraisers, Technical Experts, and Expert Witnesses
    • ♦Payment for Appraisals for Negotiation Purposes (for State)
    • ♦Payment for Appraisers' Eminent Domain Services (for State)
    • ♦Payment for Appraisers' Eminent Domain Services (for LPA)
    • ♦Payment for Appraisals for Design Purposes
    • ♦Payment of Expert Witness
    • ♦Payment of Technical Expert
  • ►4. Payment Submissions for Negotiated Parcels (for State)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►5. Payment Procedures for Negotiated Parcels (for LPA)
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►6. Payment When Escrow Procedure is Used
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►7. Payment for Recording Instruments of Conveyance
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►8. Payments for Leasehold Interests (for State and LPA)
    • ♦Payment Procedure When Leasehold and Fee Interests Are Negotiated
  • ►9. Payment for Title Work
    • ♦Payment for Title Insurance Company Expenses (for State and LPA)
  • ►10. Payment and Pay Procedures for LPA Acquisition
    • ♦Overview
  • ►11. State Reimbursement for LPA Acquired Right of Way
    • ♦LPA's Requests for Reimbursement
    • ♦LPA Reimbursement Forms
  • ►12. Submission for Reimbursement of Right of Way Fencing
    • ♦Lump Sum
    • ♦Actual Cost
• ►19. Incidental Expenses on Transfer of Real Property
  • ►1. General Requirements (for State and LPA)
    • ♦Requirements for State and LPA
    • ♦Additional Requirements (for LPA)
    • ♦Recording and Transfer Fees (for State and LPA)
    • ♦Mortgage Prepayment Penalty (for State and LPA)
    • ♦State Responsibility for Making Payment
    • ♦Payment Requests
• ►20. Railroads
  • ►1. Terms Used in This Chapter
    • ♦Terms
  • ►2. Purpose
    • ♦Purpose of Chapter
  • ►3. Acquisition of Abandoned Railroad Interests
    • ♦Definition of Abandonment
    • ♦Basic Acquisition Procedures
    • ♦Acquisition by Eminent Domain
  • ►4. Acquisition of Operating Railroad Interests
    • ♦Competing Public Interests
    • ♦STB Requirements
    • ♦Limitations on Use of Eminent Domain
  • ►5. Railroad Agreements
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Crossing Agreements
    • ♦Longitudinal Agreements
  • ►6. Railroad Relocation Procedures
    • ♦Overview

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Section 3: Authority for Advanced Acquisition

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Procedures

Occasionally, advanced acquisition procedures may need to be used. These procedures are provided by state law to acquire certain properties before TxDOT is ready to initiate work on the entire project.

The District Engineer determines whether advanced acquisition project(s) or parcel(s) are required and requests approval of the Chief Engineer.

See Types of Advance Acquisition (for State).