Texas legislation · 89th Legislature Regular Session
Texas SB1734: Relating to status of certain documents or instruments purporting to convey title to or an interest in real property.
Status: Signed into law, May 30, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to status of certain documents or instruments purporting to convey title to or an interest in real property.
From the enrolled text, May 21, 2025:
AN ACT relating to status of certain documents or instruments purporting to convey title to or an interest in real property. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 51.901(c), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) For purposes of this section, a document or instrument is presumed to be fraudulent if: (1) the document is a purported judgment or other document purporting to memorialize or evidence an act, an order, a directive, or process of: (A) a purported court or a purported judicial entity not expressly created or established under the constitution or the laws of this state or of the United States; or (B) a purported judicial officer of a purported court or purported judicial entity described by Paragraph (A); (2) the document or instrument purports to create a lien or assert a claim against real or personal property or an interest in real or personal property and: (A) is not a document or instrument provided for by the constitution or laws of this state or of the United States; (B) is not created by implied or express consent or agreement of the obligor, debtor, or the owner of the real or personal property or an interest in the real or personal property, if required under the laws of this …
Sponsors
- Royce West (D, SD-023) · primary sponsor
- Salman Bhojani (D, HD-092)
- Angie Button (R, HD-112)
- Claudia Ordaz Perez (D, HD-079)
- Oscar Longoria (D)
- Keresa Richardson (R, HD-061)
Latest actions
- : Effective on 9/1/25
- : Signed by the Governor
- : Sent to the Governor
- : Signed in the House
- : Signed in the Senate
- : Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- : Reported enrolled
- : Record vote
- : Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- : Read
Votes
- Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Committee Vote (Out of committee): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Jurisprudence Committee Vote (Out of committee): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate concurs in House amendment(s) (May 20, 2025): 31 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#3472 (May 15, 2025): 131 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#2602 (May 15, 2025): 121 yea, 18 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#2545 (May 14, 2025): 133 yea, 1 nay, passed
Subjects: Property Interests--Real Property, Courts--Appellate, Courts--Judges, FRAUD, County Government--Employees/Officers
Common questions
- What is SB1734?
- SB1734 is a bill in the Texas Legislature (89th Legislature Regular Session): Relating to status of certain documents or instruments purporting to convey title to or an interest in real property.
- What does SB1734 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to status of certain documents or instruments purporting to convey title to or an interest in real property.
- What is the status of SB1734?
- Signed into law as of May 30, 2025. Latest action: Effective on 9/1/25 (May 30, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB1734?
- Royce West (D, SD-023), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB1734?
- On the Texas Legislature website: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=SB01734
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