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Tex. Prop. Code § 5.030 (2026)

Correction Instrument: Effect

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Sec. 5.030. CORRECTION INSTRUMENT: EFFECT. (a) A correction instrument that complies with Section 5.028 or 5.029 is:

(1) effective as of the effective date of the recorded original instrument of conveyance;

(2) prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the correction instrument;

(3) presumed to be true;

(4) subject to rebuttal; and

(5) notice to a subsequent buyer of the facts stated in the correction instrument.

(b) A correction instrument replaces and is a substitute for the original instrument. Except as provided by Subsection (c), a bona fide purchaser of property that is subject to a correction instrument may rely on the instrument against any person making an adverse or inconsistent claim.

(c) A correction instrument is subject to the property interest of a creditor or a subsequent purchaser for valuable consideration without notice acquired on or after the date the original instrument was acknowledged, sworn to, or proved and filed for record as required by law and before the correction instrument has been acknowledged, sworn to, or proved and filed for record as required by law.

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 194 (S.B. 1496), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.

Amended by:

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 158 (S.B. 887), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases (6 in the last 5 years), 2016–2023 · leading case: Tanya L. McCabe Trust, McCabe Fam. Trust, & the Rochford Living Trust v. Ranger Energy LLC, 531 S.W.3d 783 (Tex. App. 2016).
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Tanya L. McCabe Trust, McCabe Fam. Trust, & the Rochford Living Trust v. Ranger Energy LLC, 531 S.W.3d 783 (Tex. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “TEX. PROP. CODE § 5.030(b), (c). These provisions apply only when there is a valid correction instrument.”
Juan Heredia & Flor Flores v. Michael Zimprich, 559 S.W.3d 223 (Tex. App. 2018). “TEX.PROP.CODE ANN. § 5.030. An action to cancel a deed procured by fraud and vest title to the realty in the grantor is a suit to quiet title.”
Yates Energy Corp., EOG Resources, Inc., Jalapeno Corp., ACG3 Mineral Interests, Ltd., Glassell Non-Operated Interests, Ltd., & Curry Glassell v. Broadway Nat'l Bank, Tr. of the Mary Frances Evers Trust (Tex. App. 2022). · cites it 14× “See TEX. PROP. CODE § 5.030(a)(2), (3) -9- 04-17-00310-CV (correction instrument that complies with section 5.”
Thomas M. Fletcher Jr. v. Gary L. Merritt, Tr., the Gary Merritt & Janice Merritt Revocable Trust (Tex. App. 2023). · cites it 3× “” TEX. PROP. CODE ANN. § 5.030(a). B. Standard of Review When a party challenges the legal sufficiency of evidence supporting a finding by a trial court for which it did not have the burden of proof, it must demonstrate that there is no evidence to support the finding.”
Jay Cohen v. Tour Partners, LTD., Dennis J. Wilkerson, & Eighteen Investments, Inc., 528 S.W.3d 136 (Tex. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “See TEX. PROP. CODE ANN. § 5.030 (West 2014).”
Concho Resources, Inc. v. Marsha Ellison D/B/A Ellison Lease Operating (Tex. 2021). · cites it 2× “TEX. PROP. CODE § 5.030(a)(1), (c). We need not reach Concho’s alternative argument that the boundary stipulation was effective as a 15 conveyance.”
Concho Resources, Inc. v. Marsha Ellison D/B/A Ellison Lease Operating (Tex. 2021). · cites it 2× “TEX. PROP. CODE § 5.030(a)(1), (c). 15 As stated, we need not reach Concho’s alternative argument that the boundary stipulation was effective as a conveyance.”
Esquivel v. Fudge (N.D. Tex. 2023). · cites it 2× “Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 5.030 (a). “A correction instrument replaces and is a substitute for the original instrument.”
Jay Cohen v. Tour Partners, LTD., Dennis J. Wilkerson, & Eighteen Investments, Inc. (Tex. App. 2017). “See Dissent at 17–18; see also TEX. PROP. CODE § 5.030. But Tour Partners has not relied on Section 5.”
Broadway Nat'l Bank, Tr. of the Mary Frances Evers Trust v. Yates Energy Corp., Eog Resources, Inc., Jalapeno Corp., Acg3 Mineral Interests, Ltd., Glassell Non-Operated Interests, Ltd., & Curry Glassell (Tex. 2021). “” TEX. PROP. CODE § 5.030(b). 17 correction instrument under 5.”
— Tex. Prop. Code § 5.030(a) — 2 cases
Jay Cohen v. Tour Partners, LTD., Dennis J. Wilkerson, & Eighteen Investments, Inc., 528 S.W.3d 136 (Tex. App. 2017). “See TEX. PROP. CODE ANN. § 5.030 (West 2014).”
Thomas M. Fletcher Jr. v. Gary L. Merritt, Tr., the Gary Merritt & Janice Merritt Revocable Trust (Tex. App. 2023). “” TEX. PROP. CODE ANN. § 5.030(a). B. Standard of Review When a party challenges the legal sufficiency of evidence supporting a finding by a trial court for which it did not have the burden of proof, it must demonstrate that there is no evidence to support the finding.”
— Tex. Prop. Code § 5.030(a)(1) — 3 cases
Thomas M. Fletcher Jr. v. Gary L. Merritt, Tr., the Gary Merritt & Janice Merritt Revocable Trust (Tex. App. 2023). “” TEX. PROP. CODE ANN. § 5.030(a). B. Standard of Review When a party challenges the legal sufficiency of evidence supporting a finding by a trial court for which it did not have the burden of proof, it must demonstrate that there is no evidence to support the finding.”
Concho Resources, Inc. v. Marsha Ellison D/B/A Ellison Lease Operating (Tex. 2021). “TEX. PROP. CODE § 5.030(a)(1), (c). We need not reach Concho’s alternative argument that the boundary stipulation was effective as a 15 conveyance.”
Concho Resources, Inc. v. Marsha Ellison D/B/A Ellison Lease Operating (Tex. 2021). “TEX. PROP. CODE § 5.030(a)(1), (c). 15 As stated, we need not reach Concho’s alternative argument that the boundary stipulation was effective as a conveyance.”
— Tex. Prop. Code § 5.030(a)(2) — 1 case
Yates Energy Corp., EOG Resources, Inc., Jalapeno Corp., ACG3 Mineral Interests, Ltd., Glassell Non-Operated Interests, Ltd., & Curry Glassell v. Broadway Nat'l Bank, Tr. of the Mary Frances Evers Trust (Tex. App. 2022). “See TEX. PROP. CODE § 5.030(a)(2), (3) -9- 04-17-00310-CV (correction instrument that complies with section 5.”
— Tex. Prop. Code § 5.030(a)(4) — 1 case
Yates Energy Corp., EOG Resources, Inc., Jalapeno Corp., ACG3 Mineral Interests, Ltd., Glassell Non-Operated Interests, Ltd., & Curry Glassell v. Broadway Nat'l Bank, Tr. of the Mary Frances Evers Trust (Tex. App. 2022). “See TEX. PROP. CODE § 5.030(a)(2), (3) -9- 04-17-00310-CV (correction instrument that complies with section 5.”
— Tex. Prop. Code § 5.030(a)(5) — 1 case
Yates Energy Corp., EOG Resources, Inc., Jalapeno Corp., ACG3 Mineral Interests, Ltd., Glassell Non-Operated Interests, Ltd., & Curry Glassell v. Broadway Nat'l Bank, Tr. of the Mary Frances Evers Trust (Tex. App. 2022). “See TEX. PROP. CODE § 5.030(a)(2), (3) -9- 04-17-00310-CV (correction instrument that complies with section 5.”
— Tex. Prop. Code § 5.030(b) — 5 cases
Tanya L. McCabe Trust, McCabe Fam. Trust, & the Rochford Living Trust v. Ranger Energy LLC, 531 S.W.3d 783 (Tex. App. 2016). “TEX. PROP. CODE § 5.030(b), (c). These provisions apply only when there is a valid correction instrument.”
Concho Resources, Inc. v. Marsha Ellison D/B/A Ellison Lease Operating (Tex. 2021). “TEX. PROP. CODE § 5.030(a)(1), (c). We need not reach Concho’s alternative argument that the boundary stipulation was effective as a 15 conveyance.”
Broadway Nat'l Bank, Tr. of the Mary Frances Evers Trust v. Yates Energy Corp., Eog Resources, Inc., Jalapeno Corp., Acg3 Mineral Interests, Ltd., Glassell Non-Operated Interests, Ltd., & Curry Glassell (Tex. 2021). “” TEX. PROP. CODE § 5.030(b). 17 correction instrument under 5.”
Concho Resources, Inc. v. Marsha Ellison D/B/A Ellison Lease Operating (Tex. 2021). “TEX. PROP. CODE § 5.030(a)(1), (c). 15 As stated, we need not reach Concho’s alternative argument that the boundary stipulation was effective as a conveyance.”
Yates Energy Corp., EOG Resources, Inc., Jalapeno Corp., ACG3 Mineral Interests, Ltd., Glassell Non-Operated Interests, Ltd., & Curry Glassell v. Broadway Nat'l Bank, Tr. of the Mary Frances Evers Trust (Tex. App. 2022). “See TEX. PROP. CODE § 5.030(a)(2), (3) -9- 04-17-00310-CV (correction instrument that complies with section 5.”
— Tex. Prop. Code § 5.030(c) — 1 case
Yates Energy Corp., EOG Resources, Inc., Jalapeno Corp., ACG3 Mineral Interests, Ltd., Glassell Non-Operated Interests, Ltd., & Curry Glassell v. Broadway Nat'l Bank, Tr. of the Mary Frances Evers Trust (Tex. App. 2022). “See TEX. PROP. CODE § 5.030(a)(2), (3) -9- 04-17-00310-CV (correction instrument that complies with section 5.”
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