Sec. 193.003. INDEX TO REAL PROPERTY RECORDS

(a) The county clerk shall maintain a well-bound alphabetical index to all recorded deeds, powers of attorney, mortgages, and other instruments relating to real property. The index must state the specific location in the records at which the instruments are recorded.

(b) The index must be a cross-index that contains the names of the grantors and grantees in alphabetical order. If a deed is made by a sheriff, the index entry must contain the name of the sheriff and the defendant in execution. If a deed is made by an executor, administrator, or guardian, the index entry must contain the name of that person and the name of the person's testator, intestate, or ward. If a deed is made by an attorney, the index entry must contain the name of the attorney and the attorney's constituents. If a deed is made by a commissioner or trustee, the index entry must contain the name of the commissioner or trustee and the name of the person whose estate is conveyed.

(c) This section does not apply to records classified and indexed in the manner required for records on microfilm by Sections 193.008 and 193.009.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 55, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.