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Texas Property Code § 52.043

Exceptions to Discharge and Cancellation

Judgment Lien · Cancellation of Judgments and Judgment Liens Against Debtors--Abstract Recorded on or After September 1, 1993

A judgment lien is not affected by this subchapter and may be enforced if the lien is against real property owned by the debtor before a petition for debtor relief was filed under federal bankruptcy law and:

(1) the debt or obligation evidenced by the judgment is not discharged in bankruptcy; or

(2) the property is not exempted in the bankruptcy and is abandoned during the bankruptcy.

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

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 313, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.