Tex. Property Code § 12.004
This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 12.004, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.
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§ 12.004. FOREIGN DEED.
Official statutory text
If written evidence of title to land has been filed outside the county in which the land is located or outside the state, a copy of the written evidence may be recorded in the county in which the land is located if:
(1) the original was properly executed and recorded under the law governing the recording; and
(2) the copy is certified by the officer having legal custody of the original.
(1) the original was properly executed and recorded under the law governing the recording; and
(2) the copy is certified by the officer having legal custody of the original.
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