Texas § ES.202.206 - FILING AND RECORDING OF JUDGMENT
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§ ES.202.206. FILING AND RECORDING OF JUDGMENT
FILING AND RECORDING OF JUDGMENT. (a) A certified copy of the judgment in a proceeding to declare heirship may be: (1) filed for record in the office of the county clerk of the county in which any real property described in the judgment is located; (2) recorded in the deed records of that county; and (3) indexed in the name of the decedent who was the subject of the proceeding as grantor and in the names of the heirs named in the judgment as grantees. (b) On the filing of a judgment in accordance with Subsection (a), the judgment constitutes constructive notice of the facts stated in the judgment. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502 ), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Source: official Texas text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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