| (a) The owner of a tract of land located outside the corporate
limits of a municipality that divides the tract in any manner that creates
two or more lots of five acres or less intended for residential purposes must
have a plat of the subdivision prepared. Lots of five acres or less are presumed
to be for residential purposes unless the land is restricted to nonresidential
uses on the final plat and all deeds and contracts for deeds.
(b) No subdivided land shall be sold or conveyed until the
subdivider:
(1) has received approval of a final plat of the tract; and
(2) has filed and recorded with the county clerk of the
county in which the tract is located a legally approved plat.
(c) A division of a tract is defined as including a metes and
bounds description, or any description of less than a whole parcel, in a deed
of conveyance or in a contract for a deed, using a contract of sale or other
executory contract, lease/purchase agreement, or using any other method to
convey property.
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