Tex. Property Code § 215.013
This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 215.013, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.
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§ 215.013. MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE.
Official statutory text
(a) A property owners' association shall record in each county in which any portion of the development governed by the association is located a management certificate, signed and acknowledged by an officer of the association, stating:
(1) the name of the development;
(2) the name of the association;
(3) the recording data for the declaration and all supplementary declarations;
(4) the applicability of any supplementary declarations to residential communities;
(5) the name and mailing address of the association; and
(6) other information the association considers appropriate.
(b) A property owners' association shall record an amended management certificate not later than the 30th day after the date the association has notice of a change in information in the recorded certificate required by Subsection (a).
(c) The association and its officers, directors, employees, and agents are not liable to any person or corporation for delay in recording or failure to record a management certificate unless the delay or failure is willful or caused by gross negligence.
(1) the name of the development;
(2) the name of the association;
(3) the recording data for the declaration and all supplementary declarations;
(4) the applicability of any supplementary declarations to residential communities;
(5) the name and mailing address of the association; and
(6) other information the association considers appropriate.
(b) A property owners' association shall record an amended management certificate not later than the 30th day after the date the association has notice of a change in information in the recorded certificate required by Subsection (a).
(c) The association and its officers, directors, employees, and agents are not liable to any person or corporation for delay in recording or failure to record a management certificate unless the delay or failure is willful or caused by gross negligence.
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