Tex. Property Code § 11.005
This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 11.005, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.
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§ 11.005. JUDGMENT PROVING AN INSTRUMENT OR CORRECTING A CERTIFICATE.
Official statutory text
(a) A person interested under an instrument that may be proved for record may bring an action in district court for a judgment proving the instrument.
(b) A person interested under a defectively certified instrument for which acknowledgement or proof of execution has been properly made may bring an action in district court for a judgment correcting the certificate.
(c) If a certified copy of a judgment in a suit under this section that shows proof of an instrument is attached to the instrument, the instrument may be recorded with the same effect as if it were acknowledged.
(b) A person interested under a defectively certified instrument for which acknowledgement or proof of execution has been properly made may bring an action in district court for a judgment correcting the certificate.
(c) If a certified copy of a judgment in a suit under this section that shows proof of an instrument is attached to the instrument, the instrument may be recorded with the same effect as if it were acknowledged.
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