Sec. 13.003. INSTRUMENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED IN OTHER COUNTIES. The original or a certified copy of a conveyance, covenant, agreement, deed of trust, or mortgage, relating to land, that has been recorded in a county of this state other than the county where the land to which the instrument relates is located, is valid as to a creditor or a subsequent purchaser who has paid a valuable consideration and who does not have notice of the instrument only after it is recorded in the county in which the land is located. Recording a previously recorded instrument in the proper county does not validate an invalid instrument.
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3496, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 13 - Effects of Recording
Section 13.001. Validity of Unrecorded Instrument
Section 13.002. Effect of Recorded Instrument
Section 13.003. Instruments Previously Recorded in Other Counties
Section 13.004. Effect of Recording Lis Pendens
Section 13.005. Effect of Recording Judgment of Justice Court