Texas Property Code

§ 12.009 — MORTGAGE OR DEED OF TRUST MASTER FORM

PR § 12.009Title 3. PUBLIC RECORDS · Ch. 12. RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS

Statute text

(a)A master form of a mortgage or deed of trust may be recorded in any county without acknowledgement or proof. The master form must contain on its face the designation: "Master form recorded by (name of person causing the recording)."

(b)The county clerk shall index a master form under the name of the person causing the recording and indicate in the index and records that the document is a master mortgage.

(c)The parties to an instrument may incorporate by reference a provision of a recorded master form with the same effect as if the provision were set out in full in the instrument. The reference must state:

(1)that the master form is recorded in the county in which the instrument is offered for record;

(2)the numbers of the book or volume and first page of the records in which the master form is recorded; and

(3)a definite identification of each provision being incorporated.

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Legislative history

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3492, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.