(a) For purposes of this chapter, a dedication must be:
- (1) an explicit voluntary grant of the use of a private road for public purposes; and
- (2) communicated in writing to the commissioners court of the county in which the real property is located.
- (b) An oral dedication or intent to dedicate by overt act is not sufficient to establish a public interest in a private road under this chapter.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.