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2005S0553-1  03/10/05


By:  Carona                                                       S.B. No. 1589


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to fraudulent documents offered to the county clerk for 
filing.    
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 51.901, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  If a county clerk believes in good faith that a document 
or instrument that purports to create a lien and that is offered or 
submitted for filing or for filing and recording is fraudulent, the 
clerk shall request the assistance of the county attorney to 
determine whether the document is fraudulent before filing or 
recording the document or instrument.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.