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House Bill 732 |
House Author: Krusee |
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Effective: 9-1-07 |
Senate Sponsor: Ogden |
House Bill 732 amends the Property Code to prohibit a paper document concerning real or personal property from being recorded by or served as notice to a county clerk unless the document contains an original signature or signatures acknowledged and sworn to before a proper jurat or is attached as an exhibit to a paper affidavit or other document containing an original signature or signatures given under oath. The bill provides that an original signature may not be required for an electronic instrument or other document that complies with state laws relating to electronic document filing and recording and other electronic transactions.