Sec. 710. BOND AS LIEN ON REAL PROPERTY OF SURETY

When a personal surety is required by the court to create a lien on specific real property as a condition of the personal surety's acceptance as surety on a bond, a lien on the surety's real property in this state that is described in the affidavit of the surety, and only on the property, shall arise as security for the performance of the obligation of the bond. Before letters are issued to the guardian, the clerk of the court shall mail to the office of the county clerk of each county in which any real property set forth in the surety's affidavit is located a statement signed by the clerk that gives a sufficient description of the real property, the name of the principal and sureties, the amount of the bond, the name of the guardianship, and the court in which the bond is given. The county clerk to whom such statement is sent shall record the statement in the deed records of the county. The recorded statement shall be duly indexed in such a manner that the existence and character of a lien may conveniently be determined, and the recording and indexing of the statement is constructive notice to a person of the existence of the lien on the real property located in the county, effective as of the date of the indexing.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 957, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.