Bill Text: TX HB122 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to proof that is acceptable for identifying individuals acknowledging written instruments.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-09 - Referred to Jurisprudence [HB122 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB122-Engrossed.html
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| By: Veasey | H.B. No. 122 | |
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| relating to proof that is acceptable for identifying individuals | ||
| acknowledging written instruments. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 121.005(a), Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
| Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) An officer may not take the acknowledgment of a written | ||
| instrument unless the officer knows or has satisfactory evidence | ||
| that the acknowledging person is the person who executed the | ||
| instrument and is described in it. An officer may accept, as | ||
| satisfactory evidence of the identity of an acknowledging person, | ||
| only: | ||
| (1) the oath of a credible witness personally known to | ||
| the officer; [ |
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| (2) a current identification card or other document | ||
| issued by the federal government or any state government that | ||
| contains the photograph and signature of the acknowledging person; | ||
| or | ||
| (3) a current passport issued by a foreign country. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
