{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-52.042","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 52.042","heading":"DISCHARGE AND CANCELLATION.","body":"(a) A judgment is discharged and any abstract of judgment or judgment lien is canceled and released without further action in any court and may not be enforced if:\n(1) the lien is against real property owned by the debtor before a petition for debtor relief was filed under federal bankruptcy law; and\n(2) the debt or obligation evidenced by the judgment is discharged in the bankruptcy.\n(b) A judgment evidencing a debt or obligation discharged in bankruptcy does not have force or validity and may not be a lien on real property acquired by the debtor after the petition for debtor relief was filed.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 313, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 5. EXEMPT PROPERTY AND LIENS","SUBTITLE B. LIENS","CHAPTER 52. JUDGMENT LIEN","SUBCHAPTER C. CANCELLATION OF JUDGMENTS AND JUDGMENT LIENS AGAINST DEBTORS--ABSTRACT RECORDED ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER 1, 1993"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.52.htm#52.042","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"cded9e372d9047c321596f0279711572f56d5b1096b2e34402ddc575dea74a79","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-52.041","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-52.043"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}