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89(R) HB 4350 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
H.B. No. 4350
AN ACT
relating to the omission or redaction of certain personal
information from certain real property records.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.008, Property Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (j) and adding Subsection (k) to read as
follows:
(j) On receipt of a written request from
a peace officer as
described by Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, a person
having power or authority under Article 2A.002, Code of Criminal
Procedure,
a federal judge, including a federal bankruptcy judge, a
marshal of the United States Marshals Service, a United States
attorney, a state judge as defined by Section 572.002, Government
Code, or a family member as defined by Section 31.006, Finance Code,
of a federal judge, marshal, attorney, or state judge, the county
clerk shall omit or redact from an instrument described by this
section that is available in an online database made public by the
county clerk, or by a provider with which the county commissioners
court contracts to provide the online database, social security
number, driver's license number, and residence address of the
peace
officer, person having power or authority under Article 2A.002,
Code of Criminal Procedure,
federal judge, marshal, attorney, state
judge, or family member of the federal judge, marshal, attorney, or
state judge.
(k)
A county clerk or provider with which the county
commissioners court contracts who omits or redacts information from
an instrument in accordance with Subsection (j) shall display on
the Internet website of the online database in which the instrument
is available to the public a clear and conspicuous statement that:
(1)
in accordance with state law, information has been
redacted from certain instruments in the database; and
(2)
the online database does not constitute the
official repository of real property records and may not reflect
the complete or unaltered contents of those records as maintained
in the official real property records.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
______________________________
______________________________
President of the Senate
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4350 was passed by the House on May
15, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4350 was passed by the Senate on May
28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor