Bill Text: TX HB2018 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to records of a notary public.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-01 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB2018 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB2018-Introduced.html

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85R11030 AJA-F
By: Anderson of Dallas H.B. No. 2018

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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
[residence or alleged residence];
(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 [residence or alleged
residence] of the individual introducing the signer, grantor, or
maker;
(6) if the instrument is proved by a witness, the
address [residence] of the witness, whether the witness is
personally known by the notary public or was introduced to the
notary public and, if introduced, the name and address [residence]
of the individual introducing the witness;
(7) the name and address [residence] of the grantee;
(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 [office] to any person requesting the copy.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.