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Tex. Prop. Code § 11.004 (2026)

Duty Of Recorder

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Sec. 11.004. DUTY OF RECORDER. (a) A county clerk shall:

(1) correctly record, as required by law, within a reasonable time after delivery, any instrument authorized or required to be recorded in that clerk's office that is proved, acknowledged, or sworn to according to law;

(2) give a receipt, as required by law, for an instrument delivered for recording;

(3) record instruments relating to the same property in the order the instruments are filed; and

(4) provide and keep in the clerk's office the indexes required by law.

(b) A county clerk who violates a provision of this section and the sureties on the clerk's bond are liable for damages and, on motion in district court and after three days' notice to the clerk, for a civil penalty of not more than $500, half of which is payable to the county and half to the person who files the motion.

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3487, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 162, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1992–2019 · leading case: Dallas Cnty., Texas v. MERSCORP, Incorpora, 791 F.3d 545 (5th Cir. 2015).

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Dallas Cnty., Texas v. MERSCORP, Incorpora, 791 F.3d 545 (5th Cir. 2015). · cites it 3× “” Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 11.004 (a)(1). “The county clerk shall record, exactly, without delay .”

Liverman v. State, 470 S.W.3d 831 (Tex. Crim. App. 2015). “Tex. Prop.Code § 11.004(b). 37 . Tex. Prop.”

Mem'l Hermann Hosp. Sys. v. Progressive Cnty. Mut. Ins. Co., 355 S.W.3d 123 (Tex. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “Tex. Prop.Code Ann. § 11.004(a) (West 2004) (providing that clerk must correctly record instruments, as required by law, “within a reasonable time after delivery”).”

Lester J. Strait Kenneth Taylor & Shannon Taylor, Individually as Assignees of Lester J. Strait v. Savannah Court P'ship PSJ Props., LTD. v. Patrick Gray Custom Homes, Inc. Home Creek, L.L.C. JMJ Torian Props. L.L.C. Cheatham Partners Michael P. & Sarah Neustadt James D. & Vivian S. Collier Hatwater, L.L.C. Gazim Idoski, 576 S.W.3d 802 (Tex. App. 2019). “See Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 11.004 (a) (requiring clerks to record instruments relating to the same property in the order the instruments are filed).”

Birdville Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Hurst Assocs., 806 F. Supp. 122 (N.D. Tex. 1992). “See Tex.Prop. Code § 11.004(a) (West Supp.1992).”

Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2001). “TEX.PROP. CODEANN. § 11.004(a) (Vernon Supp.”

— Tex. Prop. Code § 11.004(a) — 3 cases

Mem'l Hermann Hosp. Sys. v. Progressive Cnty. Mut. Ins. Co., 355 S.W.3d 123 (Tex. App. 2011). “Tex. Prop.Code Ann. § 11.004(a) (West 2004) (providing that clerk must correctly record instruments, as required by law, “within a reasonable time after delivery”).”

Birdville Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Hurst Assocs., 806 F. Supp. 122 (N.D. Tex. 1992). “See Tex.Prop. Code § 11.004(a) (West Supp.1992).”

Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2001). “TEX.PROP. CODEANN. § 11.004(a) (Vernon Supp.”

— Tex. Prop. Code § 11.004(a)(1) — 1 case

Dallas Cnty., Texas v. MERSCORP, Incorpora, 791 F.3d 545 (5th Cir. 2015). “” Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 11.004 (a)(1). “The county clerk shall record, exactly, without delay .”

— Tex. Prop. Code § 11.004(b) — 2 cases

Liverman v. State, 470 S.W.3d 831 (Tex. Crim. App. 2015). “Tex. Prop.Code § 11.004(b). 37 . Tex. Prop.”

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