Texas § PR.13.003 - INSTRUMENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED IN OTHER COUNTIES
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§ PR.13.003. INSTRUMENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED IN OTHER COUNTIES
INSTRUMENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED IN OTHER COUNTIES. 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. Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3496, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.
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Section PR.13.003 ("INSTRUMENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED IN OTHER COUNTIES") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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