{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-12.009","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 12.009","heading":"MORTGAGE OR DEED OF TRUST MASTER FORM.","body":"(a) A master form of a mortgage or deed of trust may be recorded in any county without acknowledgement or proof. The master form must contain on its face the designation: \"Master form recorded by (name of person causing the recording).\"\n(b) The county clerk shall index a master form under the name of the person causing the recording and indicate in the index and records that the document is a master mortgage.\n(c) The parties to an instrument may incorporate by reference a provision of a recorded master form with the same effect as if the provision were set out in full in the instrument. The reference must state:\n(1) that the master form is recorded in the county in which the instrument is offered for record;\n(2) the numbers of the book or volume and first page of the records in which the master form is recorded; and\n(3) a definite identification of each provision being incorporated.\n(d) If a mortgage or deed of trust incorporates by reference a provision of a master form, the mortgagee shall give the mortgagor a copy of the master form at the time the instrument is executed. A statement in the mortgage or deed of trust or in a separate instrument signed by the mortgagor that the mortgagor received a copy of the master form is conclusive evidence of its receipt. On written request the mortgagee shall give a copy of the master form without charge to the mortgagor, the mortgagor's successors in interest, or the mortgagor's or a successor's agent.\n(e) The provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code prevail over this section.\nActs 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3492, 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#12.009","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"98bb6d35352d61b54bf0791103efa94d6b340e3baf7e3ade23f9803d284d8b65","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-12.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-12.011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}