Sec. 271.008. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS; EXCEPTIONS    


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  • (a) Sections 271.004-271.007 apply to the determination of the law that governs an issue relating to a transaction involving real property other than a matter described by Subsection (b), including the validity or enforceability of an indebtedness incurred in consideration for the transfer of, or the payment of which is secured by a lien on, real property.

    (b) Sections 271.004-271.007 do not apply to the determination of the law that governs:

    (1) whether a transaction transfers or creates an interest in real property for security purposes or otherwise;

    (2) the nature of an interest in real property that is transferred or created by a transaction;

    (3) the method for foreclosure of a lien on real property;

    (4) the nature of an interest in real property that results from foreclosure; or

    (5) the manner and effect of recording or failing to record evidence of a transaction that transfers or creates an interest in real property.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 , Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.