Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 19.004 · Chapter 19. LOST RECORDS
CITATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If an application is filed to supply a record, the clerk shall issue a citation to the following, as applicable, or to the person's heirs or legal representatives:
(1) each grantor of property, in the case of a record of a deed;
(2) an interested party, in the case of an instrument other than a deed; or
(3) a party adversely interested to the applicant at the time of the rendition, in the case of a judgment, order, or decree.
(b) The citation must direct the person to whom it is issued to appear at a designated term of the court to contest the applicant's right to record a substitute.
(c) Process must be served in the manner provided by law for civil cases.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.19.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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