Legislation
State: Texas
Signed: June 17, 2005
Effective: September 01, 2005
Chapter: 699
SummaryTexas becomes the third state to enact the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act (URPERA), a uniform statute promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.
AffectsAdds Chapter 15 of Title 3 of the Texas Property Code.
Changes
- Enacts the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act (URPERA), vesting in the The Texas State Library and Archives Commission the authority to promulgate rules and regulations governing electronic recording of real property documents.
- Allows Notaries to notarize an electronic real property document using an electronic signature.
- As pertains to electronic notarizations performed on real property documents, the Act clarifies that a “physical or electronic image of a stamp, impression or seal need not accompany an electronic signature.”
AnalysisTexas becomes the third state to enact the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act (URPERA), a uniform statute promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. It allows Notaries to use electronic signatures in notarizing electronic real property documents and clarifies that an image of a physical seal is not required when notarizing an electronic real property document.
Read Senate Bill 335.