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The standard Texas contract for raw land — vacant lots, acreage tracts, undeveloped parcels. Drop yours and T-REX checks every paragraph — survey contingencies, easements, access, deed restrictions, utility availability, zoning — flagging anything off in plain English.
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We check every paragraph against the standard form
T-REX compares each clause against the current TREC 9-16. Property description, sales-price split in §3, earnest money and option fee in §5, title commitment and survey in §6, easements and access, deed restrictions, utility availability, zoning and platting status, environmental conditions — with citations back to the exact paragraph.
Plain-English summary you can act on
A short brief on what you're signing, the land-specific issues that matter (legal access, utilities at the lot line, easements, floodplain, deed restrictions), and questions to ask your broker or attorney before closing.
What this contract actually covers.
TREC 9-16 is the Unimproved Property Contract — the standard Texas form for buying raw land that has no buildings on it and no agricultural use significant enough to require the Farm and Ranch form. Vacant residential lots, urban infill parcels, undeveloped acreage tracts, and platted lots in new subdivisions all typically use this form. Working ranches use 25-15; existing residences use 20-18.
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Raw land, vacant lots, undeveloped parcels
Residential building lots, urban infill, undeveloped acreage, platted lots in new subdivisions — anything with no significant buildings and no working ag use.
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Survey is non-negotiable
Without a building, the only way to know what you're buying is the survey. §6C addresses survey selection, acceptance, and the buyer's right to object. Discrepancies between the legal description and the survey, encroachments, and missing easements all surface here.
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The clauses that bite land buyers
No legal access (a "landlocked" lot), utilities not brought to the lot line, easements the buyer didn't know about, restrictive covenants that block the intended use, floodplain and floodway designations, pipeline easements, and zoning that doesn't match what the buyer plans to build.
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Utilities & access at the lot line
A buildable lot needs water, sewer (or septic), power, and legal access. Many "raw land" deals close before the buyer realizes the nearest utility tap is a five-figure trench away. T-REX flags silent utility language and missing access representations.
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Always checked against the current revision
T-REX compares your contract to the latest TREC 9-16 form. Earlier versions should not be used on new transactions; if you're handed one, that's a flag in itself.
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Built for land buyers, developers, and attorneys
Builders and developers buying lots in master-planned communities. First-time land buyers who haven't encountered a survey objection deadline before. Buyer's agents new to land transactions. Texas real estate attorneys reviewing deed restrictions and easement language.
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Farm and Ranch Contract
For rural, agricultural, or large-acreage properties. Includes mineral, water, hunting, and surface-rights review.
Unimproved Property Contract
For raw land — vacant lots, acreage tracts, undeveloped parcels. Reviews access, easements, and survey contingencies.
Seller's Disclosure Notice
Texas-required disclosure of known property conditions, defects, repairs, and environmental hazards. T-REX flags inconsistent or vague answers.
Third Party Financing Addendum
For conventional, FHA, VA, or USDA loans. Reviews financing type, terms, and contingency-deadline math against the main contract.
TREC 9-16 contract review, answered.
What is TREC 9-16?
TREC 9-16 is the current version of the Unimproved Property Contract — the standard Texas form for buying raw land without significant buildings or agricultural operations. It's the form for vacant residential lots, urban infill parcels, and undeveloped acreage. The form covers property description, sales-price math, earnest money, title and survey, easements and access, and special provisions, but has no property-condition paragraph (because there's nothing built to inspect).
What's the difference between 9-16, 20-18, and 25-15?
9-16 is for raw land. 20-18 is for a home that's already built on a residential lot. 25-15 is for farm and ranch property — rural land with significant agricultural use, mineral and water rights to handle, hunting or grazing leases. If you're buying a residential lot to build on, that's typically 9-16. If you're buying a hay farm or ranch, that's 25-15. T-REX detects which form you've uploaded and reviews against the right standard.
What does T-REX check on a 9-16?
The full paragraph set against the current 9-16 standard: property description and acreage in §2, sales-price split in §3, earnest money and option fee in §5, title commitment and exceptions in §6, survey selection and objection deadlines in §6C, easements and rights-of-way, deed restrictions, environmental conditions, special provisions in §11, the effective date, and the addenda checklist. Every flag cites the paragraph it came from.
What about access, utilities, and zoning?
A buildable lot needs legal access, utilities at or near the lot line, and zoning that allows the intended use. The 9-16 doesn't always make these explicit — they show up in the title commitment, the survey, and any plat notes. T-REX flags silent or vague language and reminds you to verify with the city or county before closing. A "landlocked" lot with no recorded access easement is a hard problem to fix after you own it.
What's an "objection deadline" in §6?
Once the title company delivers the title commitment and the survey, the buyer has a defined window to object to anything that materially affects use of the property — easements, encroachments, restrictions, etc. Miss the deadline and the buyer is deemed to accept those issues. T-REX checks the date math and flags missing or unclear deadlines.
Is this legal advice?
No. T-REX is a fast second opinion that helps Texas land buyers, sellers, and agents understand a 9-16 before they sign. Land deals — especially ones where the buyer plans to build — often involve attorneys, surveyors, and city planning consultations. T-REX is the first-pass triage, not a substitute for that team.
What's the difference between the free scan and the $5 review?
The free quick scan tells you what form you've uploaded, key terms (price, acreage, county, access status), and a top-line risk summary. The $5 full report runs a full clause-by-clause comparison against the standard 9-16, flags every modification, generates a downloadable PDF, unlocks a visual overlay that slides your contract over the blank form, and gives you a chat with the AI about your specific contract — including questions about access, utilities, and deed restrictions.
TREC 9-16 is the standard Texas contract for raw land. The Texas Real Estate Commission promulgates the standard contract forms required for license holders to use, and 9-16 — the Unimproved Property Contract — is the one that covers vacant lots and undeveloped parcels with no significant buildings. If you're buying a residential lot to build on, an urban infill parcel, or undeveloped acreage that doesn't have working agricultural use, this is the form. Working ranches use 25-15; existing residences use 20-18.
The 9-16 has no property-condition paragraph — because there's nothing built to inspect. Instead, the form's weight is in §6 (title commitment, survey, easements) and §5 (earnest money and option). The survey is everything: it's the only document that shows the actual physical boundaries, existing improvements (driveways, fences, sheds), encroachments from neighbors, recorded easements, and the lot's relationship to platted streets and utilities. A buyer's right to object to the survey runs on a defined deadline — miss it and the buyer is deemed to have accepted whatever the survey shows.
One easement or access problem can make a lot unbuildable. A lot without legal access — landlocked, with no recorded easement to a public road — is nearly impossible to develop. A pipeline easement running diagonally across the buildable area can shrink the footprint by thousands of square feet. A floodplain or floodway designation can require expensive engineering or block construction entirely. Restrictive covenants — recorded against the lot decades ago by a prior subdivision — can ban the kind of structure the buyer planned to build. T-REX checks each paragraph against the current TREC 9-16, flags the issues, and gives you a plain-English citation back to the paragraph so you (or your attorney, or your surveyor) can decide what to do before you sign.
Use it as a land buyer, a developer, a buyer's agent, or an attorney. Builders and developers buying lots in master-planned communities run their contracts here as a quick second-pair-of-eyes pass on access and utility language. First-time land buyers drop the contract to understand what they're getting before they wire earnest money. Buyer's agents new to land transactions use the report as a checklist for due-diligence questions. Real estate attorneys use it as the first-pass triage before billing for the full read of the deed restrictions and title commitment. The free quick scan is for everyone; the $5 full report unlocks the clause-by-clause comparison, the visual overlay, and the live chat about your specific contract.
Other Texas contract forms we support: the full list of TREC forms includes the One to Four Family Residential Contract (Resale, TREC 20-18), the Residential Condominium Contract (Resale, TREC 30-17), the New Home Contracts (TREC 23-19 for incomplete construction and 24-19 for completed), the Farm and Ranch Contract (TREC 25-15), the Seller's Disclosure Notice, the Third Party Financing Addendum (TREC 40-11), and every other current TREC-promulgated form. Each form has its own quirks and its own dedicated review.