Public Records filing requirements
Official Public Records Filing Requirements
By law, all instruments to be filed in the Official Public Records of Hutchinson County, Texas:
- MUST HAVE ORIGINAL SIGNATURES
Texas Property Code Sec. 12.0011 (b) - MUST BE PROPERLY ACKNOWLEDGED/ NOTARIZED
Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Sec. 121.004-121.011 - MUST HAVE A CLEARLY IDENTIFYING HEADING OF DOCUMENT
- MUST BE TYPED OR WRITTEN IN AT LEAST 8 PT. FONT
- MUST BE ON PAPER NO LARGER THAN 8.5 in. X 14 in.
- MUST HAVE THE GRANTOR’S NAME PRINTED LEGIBLY/TYPED
UNDER SIGNATURE - MUST HAVE GRANTEE’S MAILING ADDRESS ON DOCUMENT
Failure to meet these requirements will results in a fee double the
normal recording fee Local Gov’t Code 191.007 - WE REQUEST AT LEAST 1 in. MARGIN OF BLANK SPACE AT TOP
OF EACH PAGE
Local request for space for electronic stamp
If no statute authorizes, requires or permits a document to be filed or recorded, the clerk may not accept such a document. For example, unusual papers such as a "Refusal to Pay Property Taxes," a "Declaration of Person Being a Sovereign," a "Surrender of Social Security Card" and a "Declaration of Domestic Partnership" are not to be filed or recorded.
Sec 11.008
Death certificates and Letters Testamentary may NOT be recorded in OPR, due to the fact certified copies may NOT be made. AG H-410
Confidential information in real property documents. A deed, mortgage, or deed of trust that transfers an interest in real property to or from an individual must include a confidentiality notice. The
notice must appear at the top of the first page of the instrument, in 12-point boldfaced type or 12-point uppercase letters, and read substantially as follows:
NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY RIGHTS: IF YOU ARE A NATURAL PERSON, YOU MAY REMOVE OR STRIKE ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FROM THIS INSTRUMENT BEFORE IT IS
FILED FOR RECORD IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS: YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE
NUMBER. Sec 11.008 (b)
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