Sec. 12.001. INSTRUMENTS CONCERNING PROPERTY. (a) An instrument concerning real or personal property may be recorded if it has been acknowledged, sworn to with a proper jurat, or proved according to law.
(b) An instrument conveying real property may not be recorded unless it is signed and acknowledged or sworn to by the grantor in the presence of two or more credible subscribing witnesses or acknowledged or sworn to before and certified by an officer authorized to take acknowledgements or oaths, as applicable.
(c) This section does not require the acknowledgement or swearing or prohibit the recording of a financing statement, a security agreement filed as a financing statement, or a continuation statement filed for record under the Business & Commerce Code.
(d) The failure of a notary public to attach an official seal to an acknowledgment, a jurat, or other proof taken outside this state but inside the United States or its territories renders the acknowledgment, jurat, or other proof invalid only if the jurisdiction in which the acknowledgment, jurat, or other proof is taken requires the notary public to attach the seal.
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3489, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 162, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 603, Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 1995.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 12 - Recording of Instruments
Section 12.001. Instruments Concerning Property
Section 12.0012. Instruments Concerning Real Property Subject to a Foreclosure Sale
Section 12.0013. Recordation of Paper or Tangible Copy of Electronic Record
Section 12.002. Subdivision Plat; Penalty
Section 12.003. Instrument in General Land Office or Archives
Section 12.006. Grant From Government
Section 12.0071. Motion to Expunge Lis Pendens
Section 12.008. Cancellation of Lis Pendens
Section 12.009. Mortgage or Deed of Trust Master Form
Section 12.011. Certificate of Redemption
Section 12.014. Transfer of Judgment or Cause of Action
Section 12.015. Judgment in Justice Court
Section 12.016. Power of Attorney
Section 12.017. Title Insurance Company Affidavit as Release of Lien; Civil Penalty
Section 12.018. Transfer by Receiver or Conservator of Failed Depository Institution