Bill Text: TX HB2018 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to records of a notary public.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-01 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB2018 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2018-Introduced.html
85R11030 AJA-F | ||
By: Anderson of Dallas | H.B. No. 2018 |
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relating to records of a notary public. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 406.014(a) and (c), Government Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A notary public other than a court clerk notarizing | ||
instruments for the court shall keep in a book a record of: | ||
(1) the date of each instrument notarized; | ||
(2) the date of the notarization; | ||
(3) the name of the signer, grantor, or maker; | ||
(4) the signer's, grantor's, or maker's address | ||
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(5) whether the signer, grantor, or maker is | ||
personally known by the notary public, was identified by an | ||
identification card issued by a governmental agency or a passport | ||
issued by the United States, or was introduced to the notary public | ||
and, if introduced, the name and address [ |
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maker; | ||
(6) if the instrument is proved by a witness, the | ||
address [ |
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personally known by the notary public or was introduced to the | ||
notary public and, if introduced, the name and address [ |
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of the individual introducing the witness; | ||
(7) the name and address [ |
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(8) if land is conveyed or charged by the instrument, | ||
the name of the original grantee and the county where the land is | ||
located; and | ||
(9) a brief description of the instrument. | ||
(c) A notary public shall, on payment of all fees, provide a | ||
certified copy of any record of official acts in the notary public's | ||
book of record [ |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |