Tex. Property Code § 13.006
This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 13.006, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.
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§ 13.006. EFFECT OF RECORDING QUITCLAIM DEED.
Official statutory text
After the fourth anniversary of the date a quitclaim deed for real property is recorded in the deed records of the county in which the real property is located, the quitclaim deed:
(1) does not affect the question of the good faith of a subsequent purchaser or creditor; and
(2) is not notice to a subsequent purchaser or creditor of any unrecorded conveyance of, transfer of, or encumbrance on the real property.
(1) does not affect the question of the good faith of a subsequent purchaser or creditor; and
(2) is not notice to a subsequent purchaser or creditor of any unrecorded conveyance of, transfer of, or encumbrance on the real property.
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