Tex. Prop. Code § 52.025 · Subchapter B. CANCELLATION OF JUDGMENTS AND JUDGMENT LIENS AGAINST BANKRUPTS--ABSTRACT RECORDED BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1, 1993
EFFECT ON LIEN OF DISCHARGE OF DEBT IN BANKRUPTCY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A judgment lien is not affected by the order of discharge and cancellation and may be enforced, if the lien is against real property owned by the bankrupt or debtor before the debtor was adjudged bankrupt or a petition for debtor relief was filed under federal bankruptcy law, and:
(1) the debt or obligation evidenced by the judgment is not discharged in bankruptcy; or
(2) the property is nonexempt and is abandoned during the course of the proceeding.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a), the judgment is of no force or validity and may not be a lien on real property acquired by the bankrupt or debtor after the discharge in bankruptcy.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3530, 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.52.htm
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