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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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PROPERTY CODE |
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Title 3. PUBLIC RECORDS |
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Chapter 12. RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS |
Sec. 12.003. INSTRUMENT IN GENERAL LAND OFFICE OR ARCHIVES
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(a) If written evidence of title to land has been filed according to law in the General Land Office or is in the public archives, a copy of the written evidence may be recorded if:
(1) the original was properly executed under the law in effect at the time of execution; and
(2) the copy is certified by the officer having custody of the original and attested with the seal of the General Land Office.
(b) A court may not admit a title to land that was filed in the General Land Office as evidence of superior title against a location or survey of the same land that was made under a valid land warrant or certificate prior to the filing of the title in the General Land Office unless prior to the location or survey:
(1) the older title had been recorded with the county clerk of the county in which the land is located; or
(2) the person who had the location or survey made had actual notice of the older title.