TITLE: Relating to requiring witnesses to sign an instrument conveying real property interest.

SUMMARY: Relating to requiring witnesses to sign an instrument conveying real property interest.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to requiring witnesses to sign an instrument conveying real property interest. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 5, Property Code, is amended by adding Section 5.0025 to read as follows: Sec. 5.0025. WITNESSES TO CONVEYANCE REQUIRED. An instrument intended as a conveyance of real property or an interest in real property is invalid unless the instrument is attested by two or more credible witnesses who are at least 14 years of age and who subscribe their names to the instrument in their own handwriting in the grantor's presence. SECTION 2. Section 5.0025, Property Code, as added by this Act, applies only to an instrument executed on or after the effective date of this Act. An instrument executed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.