Tex. Prop. Code § 13.005 · Chapter 13. EFFECTS OF RECORDING
EFFECT OF RECORDING JUDGMENT OF JUSTICE COURT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A certified transcript of a justice court judgment recorded under Section 12.015 of this code has the same effect as a recorded deed. A court shall admit as evidence the transcript or a copy of the transcript, if the copy is certified with the signature and seal of the clerk of the county in which the transcript is recorded, in the same manner and with the same effect as the original judgment and execution.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3496, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.13.htm
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