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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to recording requirements for certain documents |
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concerning real property. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 191.010(b), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A county clerk shall [in a county that allows for |
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electronic filing of documents in the real property records of the |
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county may] require a person presenting a document [in person] for |
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filing in the real property records of the county to present a photo |
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identification to the clerk. The clerk shall [may] copy the photo |
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identification or record information from the photo |
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identification. The clerk may not charge a person a fee to copy or |
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record the information from a photo identification. |
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SECTION 2. Section 12.001(b), Property Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) An instrument conveying real property may not be |
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recorded unless: |
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(1) it is signed and acknowledged or sworn to by the |
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grantor in the presence of two or more credible subscribing |
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witnesses or acknowledged or sworn to before and certified by an |
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officer authorized to take acknowledgements or oaths, as |
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applicable; and |
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(2) any individual presenting the instrument for |
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recording presents a photo identification to the county clerk as |
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required by Section 191.010, Local Government Code. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |