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Tex. Fam. Code § 3.004

RECORDATION OF SEPARATE PROPERTY

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Chesnut v. Brown (In Re Chesnut) (2003)

Most recently applied in Chesnut v. Brown (In Re Chesnut) (November 2003)

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff

(a) A subscribed and acknowledged schedule of a spouse's separate property may be recorded in the deed records of the county in which the parties, or one of them, reside and in the county or counties in which the real property is located.

(b) A schedule of a spouse's separate real property is not constructive notice to a good faith purchaser for value or a creditor without actual notice unless the instrument is acknowledged and recorded in the deed records of the county in which the real property is located.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.