{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-12.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 12.004","heading":"FOREIGN DEED.","body":"If written evidence of title to land has been filed outside the county in which the land is located or outside the state, a copy of the written evidence may be recorded in the county in which the land is located if:\n(1) the original was properly executed and recorded under the law governing the recording; and\n(2) the copy is certified by the officer having legal custody of the original.\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#12.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"395ec598c9df7b28ad3dd1115b5abe50a64c362057e2820f9513769a3301964e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-12.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-12.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}