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TX Prop § 13.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 3 - Public Records|Chapter 13 - Effects of Recording|Section 13.004. Effect of Recording Lis Pendens

Sec. 13.004.  EFFECT OF RECORDING LIS PENDENS.  (a)  A recorded lis pendens is notice to the world of its contents.  The notice is effective from the time it is filed for record and indexed as provided by Section 12.007(c), regardless of whether service has been made on the parties to the proceeding.(b)  A transfer or encumbrance of real property involved in a proceeding by a party to the proceeding to a third party who has paid a valuable consideration and who does not have actual or constructive notice of the proceeding is effective, even though the judgment is against the party transferring or encumbering the property, unless a notice of the pendency of the proceeding has been recorded and indexed under that party's name as provided by Section 12.007(c) in each county in which the property is located.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3496, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 437 (S.B. 1187), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Prop § 13.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 3 - Public Records|Chapter 13 - Effects of Recording|Section 13.005. Effect of Recording Judgment of Justice Court

Sec. 13.005.  EFFECT OF RECORDING JUDGMENT OF JUSTICE COURT.  A certified transcript of a justice court judgment recorded under Section 12.015 of this code has the same effect as a recorded deed.  A court shall admit as evidence the transcript or a copy of the transcript, if the copy is certified with the signature and seal of the clerk of the county in which the transcript is recorded, in the same manner and with the same effect as the original judgment and execution.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3496, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 13.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 3 - Public Records|Chapter 13 - Effects of Recording|Section 13.006. Effect of Recording Quitclaim Deed

Sec. 13.006.  EFFECT OF RECORDING QUITCLAIM DEED.  After the fourth anniversary of the date a quitclaim deed for real property is recorded in the deed records of the county in which the real property is located, the quitclaim deed:(1)  does not affect the question of the good faith of a subsequent purchaser or creditor; and(2)  is not notice to a subsequent purchaser or creditor of any unrecorded conveyance of, transfer of, or encumbrance on the real property.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 94 (S.B. 885), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Prop § 14.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 3 - Public Records|Chapter 14 - Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act|Section 14.001. Scope

Sec. 14.001.  SCOPE.  This chapter applies only to federal tax liens and to other federal liens notices of which under any Act of Congress or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto are required or permitted to be filed in the same manner as notices of federal tax liens.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 945, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Prop § 14.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 3 - Public Records|Chapter 14 - Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act|Section 14.002. Place of Filing

Sec. 14.002.  PLACE OF FILING.  (a)  Notices of liens, certificates, and other notices affecting federal tax liens or other federal liens must be filed in accordance with this chapter.(b)  Notices of liens upon real property for obligations payable to the United States and certificates and notices affecting the liens shall be filed in the office of the county clerk in the county in which the real property subject to the liens is situated.(c)  Notices of federal liens upon personal property, whether tangible or intangible, for obligations payable to the United States and certificates and notices affecting the liens shall be filed as follows:(1)  if the person against whose interest the lien applies is a corporation or a partnership whose principal executive office is in this state, as these entities are defined in the internal revenue laws of the United States, in the office of the secretary of state;(2)  in all other cases, in the office of the county clerk in the county where the person against whose interest the lien applies resides at the time of filing of the notice of lien.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 945, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Prop § 14.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 3 - Public Records|Chapter 14 - Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act|Section 14.003. Execution of Notices and Certificates

Sec. 14.003.  EXECUTION OF NOTICES AND CERTIFICATES.  Certification of notices of liens, certificates, or other notices affecting federal liens by the secretary of the treasury of the United States or his delegate, or by any official or entity of the United States responsible for filing or certifying of notice of any other lien, entitles them to be filed and no other attestation, certification, or acknowledgment is necessary.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 945, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Prop § 14.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 3 - Public Records|Chapter 14 - Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act|Section 14.005. Fee

Sec. 14.005.  FEE.  The fee for filing and indexing each notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting the lien is $10.  The filing of the same notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting a lien in both real property records and personal property files is two filings.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 945, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Prop § 14.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 3 - Public Records|Chapter 14 - Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act|Section 14.006. Uniformity of Application and Construction

Sec. 14.006.  UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.  This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 945, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Prop § 14.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 3 - Public Records|Chapter 14 - Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act|Section 14.007. Short Title

Sec. 14.007.  SHORT TITLE.  This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 945, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Prop § 15.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 3 - Public Records|Chapter 15 - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act|Section 15.001. Short Title

Sec. 15.001.  SHORT TITLE.  This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 699 (S.B. 335), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Prop § 15.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 3 - Public Records|Chapter 15 - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act|Section 15.002. Definitions

Sec. 15.002.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Document" means information that is:(A)  inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form; and(B)  eligible to be recorded in the real property records maintained by a county clerk.(2)  "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.(3)  "Electronic document" means a document that is received by a county clerk in an electronic form.(4)  "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document.(5)  "Paper document" means a document that is received by a county clerk in a form that is not electronic.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 699 (S.B. 335), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Prop § 15.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 3 - Public Records|Chapter 15 - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act|Section 15.003. Uniformity of Application and Construction

Sec. 15.003.  UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.  In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to the subject matter of this chapter among states that enact a law substantially similar to this chapter.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 699 (S.B. 335), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Prop § 15.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 3 - Public Records|Chapter 15 - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act|Section 15.004. Validity of Electronic Documents

Sec. 15.004.  VALIDITY OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS.  (a)  If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a document be an original, be on paper or another tangible medium, or be in writing, the requirement is satisfied by an electronic document that complies with the requirements of this chapter.(b)  If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a document be signed, the requirement is satisfied by an electronic signature.(c)  A requirement that a document or a signature associated with a document be notarized, acknowledged, verified, witnessed, or made under oath is satisfied if the electronic signature of the person authorized to perform that act, and all other information required to be included, is attached to or logically associated with the document or signature.  A physical or electronic image of a stamp, impression, or seal need not accompany an electronic signature.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 699 (S.B. 335), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Prop § 15.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 3 - Public Records|Chapter 15 - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act|Section 15.005. Recording of Documents

Sec. 15.005.  RECORDING OF DOCUMENTS.  (a)  A county clerk who implements any of the functions described by this section shall act in compliance with rules adopted by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission under Chapter 195, Local Government Code, and standards established by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission under Section 15.006.(b)  A county clerk may:(1)  receive, index, store, archive, and transmit electronic documents;(2)  provide for access to, and for search and retrieval of, documents and information by electronic means;(3)  convert paper documents accepted for recording into electronic form;(4)  convert into electronic form information recorded before the county clerk began to record electronic documents;(5)  accept electronically any fee or tax that the county clerk is authorized to collect; and(6)  agree with other officials of a state, a political subdivision of a state, or the United States on procedures or processes to facilitate the electronic satisfaction of prior approvals and conditions precedent to recording and the electronic payment of fees and taxes.(c)  A county clerk who accepts electronic documents for recording shall:(1)  continue to accept paper documents; and(2)  place entries for paper documents and electronic documents in the same index.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 699 (S.B. 335), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Prop § 15.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 3 - Public Records|Chapter 15 - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act|Section 15.006. Uniform Standards

Sec. 15.006.  UNIFORM STANDARDS.  (a)  The Texas State Library and Archives Commission by rule shall adopt standards to implement this chapter.(b)  To keep the standards and practices of county clerks in this state in harmony with the standards and practices of recording offices in other jurisdictions that enact a law that is substantially similar to this chapter and to keep the technology used by county clerks in this state compatible with technology used by recording offices in other jurisdictions that enact a law that is substantially similar to this chapter, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, so far as is consistent with the purposes, policies, and provisions of this chapter, in adopting, amending, and repealing standards shall consider:(1)  standards and practices of other jurisdictions;(2)  the most recent standards promulgated by national standard-setting bodies, such as the Property Records Industry Association;(3)  the views of interested persons and governmental officials and entities; and(4)  the needs of counties of varying size, population, and resources.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 699 (S.B. 335), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Prop § 15.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 3 - Public Records|Chapter 15 - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act|Section 15.007. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act

Sec. 15.007.  RELATION TO ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN GLOBAL AND NATIONAL COMMERCE ACT.  This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq.) but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that Act (15 U.S.C. Section 7001(c)) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that Act (15 U.S.C. Section 7003(b)).|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 699 (S.B. 335), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Prop § 15.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 3 - Public Records|Chapter 15 - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act|Section 15.008. Construction With Other Law

Sec. 15.008.  CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER LAW.  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, Chapter 195, Local Government Code, and the rules adopted by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission under that chapter apply to electronic documents filed in accordance with this chapter.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 699 (S.B. 335), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Prop § 23.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 23 - Partition|Section 23.001. Partition

Sec. 23.001.  PARTITION.  A joint owner or claimant of real property or an interest in real property or a joint owner of personal property may compel a partition of the interest or the property among the joint owners or claimants under this chapter and the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3513, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 23.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 23 - Partition|Section 23.002. Venue and Jurisdiction

Sec. 23.002.  VENUE AND JURISDICTION.  (a)  A joint owner or a claimant of real property or an interest in real property may bring an action to partition the property or interest in a district court of a county in which any part of the property is located.(b)  A joint owner of personal property must bring an action to partition the property in a court that has jurisdiction over the value of the property.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3513, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 23.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 23 - Partition|Section 23.003. Effect on Future Interests

Sec. 23.003.  EFFECT ON FUTURE INTERESTS.  A partition of real property involving an owner of a life estate or an estate for years and other owners of equal or greater estate does not prejudice the rights of an owner of a reversion or remainder interest.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3513, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 23.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 23 - Partition|Section 23.004. Effect of Partition

Sec. 23.004.  EFFECT OF PARTITION.  (a)  A person allotted a share of or an interest in real property in a partition action holds the property or interest in severalty under the conditions and covenants that applied to the property prior to the partition.(b)  A court decree confirming a report of commissioners in partition of real property gives a recipient of an interest in the property a title equivalent to a conveyance of the interest by a warranty deed from the other parties in the action.(c)  Except as provided by this chapter, a partition of real property does not affect a right in the property.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3513, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 23.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 23 - Partition|Section 23.005. Fees

Sec. 23.005.  FEES.  The judge of a court that hears an action to partition real property shall examine the report of the commissioners appointed to partition the property and shall determine from the report and from evidence submitted by the parties the complexity and difficulty of making the partition.  The court shall then award the commissioners, and any surveyor appointed by the court or retained by the commissioners, a reasonable fee for the services rendered.  The fees awarded shall be taxed and collected as costs of court in the same manner as the other costs in the action.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3514, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 443, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Prop § 23.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 23 - Partition|Section 23.006. Access Easement for Partitioned Property

Sec. 23.006.  ACCESS EASEMENT FOR PARTITIONED PROPERTY.  (a)  Unless waived by the parties in an action to partition property under this chapter, the commissioners appointed to partition property shall grant a nonexclusive access easement on a tract of partitioned property for the purpose of providing reasonable ingress to and egress from an adjoining partitioned tract that does not have a means of access through a public road or an existing easement appurtenant to the tract.  The order granting the access easement shall contain a legal description of the easement.(b)  Unless waived by the parties in writing in a private partition agreement, the property owner of a partitioned tract that has a means of access through a public road or an existing easement appurtenant to the tract shall grant in the private partition agreement a nonexclusive access easement on the owner's partitioned tract for the purpose of providing reasonable ingress to and egress from an adjoining partitioned tract that does not have a means of access through a public road or an existing easement appurtenant to the tract.(c)  The access easement may not be a width greater than a width prescribed by a municipality or county for a right-of-way on a street or road.  The access easement route must be the shortest route to the adjoining tract that:(1)  causes the least amount of damage to the tract subject to the easement;  and(2)  is located the greatest reasonable distance from the primary residence and related improvements located on the tract subject to the easement.(d)  The adjoining tract owner who is granted an access easement under this section shall maintain the easement and keep the easement open for public use.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 647, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Prop § 23A.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 23A - Uniform Partition of Heirs' Property Act|Section 23A.001. Short Title

Sec. 23A.001.  SHORT TITLE.  This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Partition of Heirs' Property Act.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 297 (S.B. 499), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Prop § 23A.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 23A - Uniform Partition of Heirs' Property Act|Section 23A.002. Definitions

Sec. 23A.002.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Ascendant" means an individual who precedes another individual in lineage, in the direct line of ascent from the other individual.(2)  "Collateral" means an individual who is related to another individual under the law of intestate succession of this state but who is not the other individual's ascendant or descendant.(3)  "Descendant" means an individual who follows another individual in lineage, in the direct line of descent from the other individual.(4)  "Determination of value" means a court order determining the fair market value of heirs' property under Section 23A.006 or 23A.010 or adopting the valuation of the property agreed to by all cotenants.(5)  "Heirs' property" means real property held in tenancy in common that satisfies all of the following requirements as of the filing of a partition action:(A)  there is no agreement in a record binding all the cotenants that governs the partition of the property;(B)  one or more of the cotenants acquired title from a relative, whether living or deceased; and(C)  any of the following applies:(i)  20 percent or more of the interests are held by cotenants who are relatives;(ii)  20 percent or more of the interests are held by an individual who acquired title from a relative, whether living or deceased; or(iii)  20 percent or more of the cotenants are relatives.(6)  "Partition by sale" means a court-ordered sale of the entire heirs' property, whether by open-market sale, sealed bids, or auction conducted under Section 23A.010.(7)  "Partition in kind" means the division of heirs' property into physically distinct and separately titled parcels.(8)  "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.(9)  "Relative" means an ascendant, descendant, or collateral or an individual otherwise related to another individual by blood, marriage, adoption, or law of this state other than this chapter.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 297 (S.B. 499), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Prop § 23A.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 23A - Uniform Partition of Heirs' Property Act|Section 23A.003. Applicability; Relation to Other Law

Sec. 23A.003.  APPLICABILITY; RELATION TO OTHER LAW.  (a)  In an action to partition real property under Chapter 23, the court shall determine whether the property is heirs' property.  If the court determines that the property is heirs' property, the property must be partitioned under this chapter unless all of the cotenants otherwise agree in a record.(b)  This chapter supplements Chapter 23 and the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure governing partition of real property.  If an action is governed by this chapter, this chapter supersedes provisions of Chapter 23 and the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure governing partition of real property that are inconsistent with this chapter.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 297 (S.B. 499), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Prop § 23A.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 23A - Uniform Partition of Heirs' Property Act|Section 23A.004. Service; Notice by Posting

Sec. 23A.004.  SERVICE; NOTICE BY POSTING.  (a)  This chapter does not limit or affect the method by which service of a petition in a partition action may be made.(b)  If the plaintiff in a partition action seeks citation by publication and the court determines that the property may be heirs' property, the plaintiff, not later than the 10th day after the date the determination is made, shall post, and maintain while the action is pending, a conspicuous sign on the property that is the subject of the action.  The sign must state that the action has commenced and identify the name and address of the court and the common designation by which the property is known.  The court may require the plaintiff to publish on the sign the name of the plaintiff and the known defendants.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 297 (S.B. 499), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Prop § 23A.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 4 - Actions and Remedies|Chapter 23A - Uniform Partition of Heirs' Property Act|Section 23A.005. Commissioners

Sec. 23A.005.  COMMISSIONERS.  If the court appoints commissioners under Rule 761, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, each commissioner, in addition to the requirements and disqualifications applicable to commissioners under that rule, must be impartial and may not be a party to or a participant in the action.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 297 (S.B. 499), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.|