Tex. Prop. Code § 12.013 · Chapter 12. RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS
JUDGMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A judgment of a court may be recorded if:
(1) the judgment is of a court:
(A) expressly created or established under the constitution or laws of this state or of the United States;
(B) that is a court of a foreign country and that is recognized by an Act of congress or a treaty or other international convention to which the United States is a party; or
(C) of any other jurisdiction, territory, or protectorate entitled to full faith and credit in this state under the Constitution of the United States; and
(2) the judgment is attested under the signature and seal of the clerk of the court that rendered the judgment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3494, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 189, Sec. 15, eff. May 21, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 668, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.12.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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