{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-12.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 12.003","heading":"INSTRUMENT IN GENERAL LAND OFFICE OR ARCHIVES.","body":"(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:\n(1) the original was properly executed under the law in effect at the time of execution; and\n(2) the copy is certified by the officer having custody of the original and attested with the seal of the General Land Office.\n(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:\n(1) the older title had been recorded with the county clerk of the county in which the land is located; or\n(2) the person who had the location or survey made had actual notice of the older title.\nActs 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3490, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 3. PUBLIC RECORDS","CHAPTER 12. RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.12.htm#12.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"e1cd55e9eec311312ecc807c8b3c96c6c32f7db08699f729e9b32fecc76260d3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-12.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-12.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}