Tex. Prop. Code § 52.004 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
RECORDING AND INDEXING OF ABSTRACT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The county clerk shall immediately record in the county real property records each properly authenticated abstract of judgment that is presented for recording. The clerk shall note in the records the date and hour an abstract of judgment is received.
(b) At the same time an abstract is recorded, the county clerk shall enter the abstract on the alphabetical index to the real property records, showing:
(1) the name of each plaintiff in the judgment;
(2) the name of each defendant in the judgment; and
(3) the volume and page or instrument number in the records in which the abstract is recorded.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3527, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 668, Sec. 2, 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.52.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 dc1887b730bd79000499efb70f225b90d45787bb2649e408acd9e247548f4449
- 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.