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Texas Property Code § 13.005

Effect of Recording Judgment of Justice Court

Effects of Recording

A certified transcript of a justice court judgment recorded under Section 12.015 of this code has the same effect as a recorded deed. A court shall admit as evidence the transcript or a copy of the transcript, if the copy is certified with the signature and seal of the clerk of the county in which the transcript is recorded, in the same manner and with the same effect as the original judgment and execution.

Official text of the Texas Property Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

Official source
Legislative history

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3496, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

This section refers to

§ 12.015