82R5562 CAE-F
 
  By: Davis S.B. No. 586
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to proof that is acceptable for identifying individuals
  acknowledging written instruments.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 121.005(a), Civil Practice and Remedies
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  An officer may not take the acknowledgment of a written
  instrument unless the officer knows or has satisfactory evidence
  that the acknowledging person is the person who executed the
  instrument and is described in it. An officer may accept, as
  satisfactory evidence of the identity of an acknowledging person,
  only:
               (1)  the oath of a credible witness personally known to
  the officer; [or]
               (2)  a current identification card or other document
  issued by the federal government or any state government that
  contains the photograph and signature of the acknowledging person;
  or
               (3)  a current passport issued by a foreign country.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.