{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-13.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 13.003","heading":"INSTRUMENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED IN OTHER COUNTIES.","body":"The original or a certified copy of a conveyance, covenant, agreement, deed of trust, or mortgage, relating to land, that has been recorded in a county of this state other than the county where the land to which the instrument relates is located, is valid as to a creditor or a subsequent purchaser who has paid a valuable consideration and who does not have notice of the instrument only after it is recorded in the county in which the land is located. Recording a previously recorded instrument in the proper county does not validate an invalid instrument.\nActs 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3496, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 3. PUBLIC RECORDS","CHAPTER 13. EFFECTS OF RECORDING"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.13.htm#13.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"8c6c6af2e8ade6f5ce8eac8dd7a4e1a9e462073c86318a284cfa78555104e2da","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-13.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-13.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}