Tex. Prop. Code § 13.003 · Chapter 13. EFFECTS OF RECORDING
INSTRUMENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED IN OTHER COUNTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3496, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.13.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 ddf9829f147d1865c6fcb22152e4fd3b87dc09e8e151e3f17a54e317ef0dbd42
- 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
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.