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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Property Code § 52.0041: ADDRESS REQUIREMENT FOR RECORDING ABSTRACT.

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  1. PROPERTY CODE
  2. TITLE 5. EXEMPT PROPERTY AND LIENS
  3. SUBTITLE B. LIENS
  4. CHAPTER 52. JUDGMENT LIEN
  5. SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a) A judgment abstracted after September 1, 1993, may not be recorded unless:

(1) a mailing address for each plaintiff or judgment creditor appears on the abstract of judgment; or

(2) a penalty filing fee equal to the greater of $25 or twice the statutory recording fee for the abstract is paid.

(b) The validity of an abstracted judgment as between the parties is not affected by a failure to include an address for each plaintiff or judgment creditor in the abstracted judgment.

(c) Payment of a filing fee and acceptance of the abstract of judgment by a county clerk for recording creates a conclusive presumption that the requirements of this section have been met.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 134, Sec. 1, eff. May 12, 1993.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:37Z. Source file · JSON

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