By: Brown S.B. No. 792 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to contents and recording of abstracts of judgment. 1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-3 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 52, Property Code, is 1-4 amended by adding Section 52.0041 to read as follows: 1-5 Sec. 52.0041. ADDRESS REQUIREMENT FOR RECORDING ABSTRACT. 1-6 (a) A judgment abstracted after September 1, 1993, may not be 1-7 recorded unless: 1-8 (1) a mailing address for each plaintiff or judgment 1-9 creditor appears on the abstract of judgment; or 1-10 (2) a penalty filing fee equal to the greater of $25 1-11 or twice the statutory recording fee for the abstract is paid. 1-12 (b) The validity of an abstracted judgment as between the 1-13 parties is not affected by a failure to include an address for each 1-14 plaintiff or judgment creditor in the abstracted judgment. 1-15 (c) Payment of a filing fee and acceptance of the abstract 1-16 of judgment by a county clerk for recording creates a conclusive 1-17 presumption that the requirements of this section have been met. 1-18 SECTION 2. Section 52.003, Property Code, is amended to read 1-19 as follows: 1-20 Sec. 52.003. Contents of Abstract. (a) An abstract of a 1-21 judgment must show: 1-22 (1) the names of the plaintiff and defendant; 1-23 (2) the birthdate and driver's license number of the 1-24 defendant, if available to the clerk or justice; 2-1 (3) the number of the suit in which the judgment was 2-2 rendered; 2-3 (4) the defendant's address, or if the address is not 2-4 shown in the suit, the nature of citation and the date and place of 2-5 service of citation; 2-6 (5) the date on which the judgment was rendered; 2-7 (6) the amount for which the judgment was rendered and 2-8 the balance due; 2-9 (7) the amount of the balance due, if any, for child 2-10 support arrearage; and 2-11 (8) the rate of interest specified in the judgment. 2-12 (b) An abstract of a judgment may show a mailing address for 2-13 each plaintiff or judgment creditor. 2-14 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-19 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-20 passage, and it is so enacted.