Tex. Property Code § 51.0076
This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 51.0076, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.
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§ 51.0076. EFFECTIVE DATE OF APPOINTMENT.
Official statutory text
The appointment or authorization of a trustee or substitute trustee made in a notice of sale is effective as of the date of the notice if the notice:
(1) complies with Sections 51.002 and 51.0075(e);
(2) is signed by an attorney or agent of the mortgagee or mortgage servicer; and
(3) contains a statement in all capital letters, boldface type, to read as follows:
THIS INSTRUMENT APPOINTS THE SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE(S) IDENTIFIED TO SELL THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE SECURITY INSTRUMENT IDENTIFIED IN THIS NOTICE OF SALE THE PERSON SIGNING THIS NOTICE IS THE ATTORNEY OR AUTHORIZED AGENT OF THE MORTGAGEE OR MORTGAGE SERVICER.
(1) complies with Sections 51.002 and 51.0075(e);
(2) is signed by an attorney or agent of the mortgagee or mortgage servicer; and
(3) contains a statement in all capital letters, boldface type, to read as follows:
THIS INSTRUMENT APPOINTS THE SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE(S) IDENTIFIED TO SELL THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE SECURITY INSTRUMENT IDENTIFIED IN THIS NOTICE OF SALE THE PERSON SIGNING THIS NOTICE IS THE ATTORNEY OR AUTHORIZED AGENT OF THE MORTGAGEE OR MORTGAGE SERVICER.
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