By: Davis S.B. No. 2065
(In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2009; March 31, 2009, read
first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
April 14, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 14, 2009,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2065 By: Watson
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to proof that is acceptable for identifying individuals
acknowledging written instruments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 121.005, Civil Practice
and Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) An officer may not take the acknowledgment of a written
instrument unless the officer knows or has satisfactory evidence
that the acknowledging person is the person who executed the
instrument and is described in it. An officer may accept, as
satisfactory evidence of the identity of an acknowledging person,
only:
(1) the oath of a credible witness personally known to
the officer; or
(2) a current identification card or other document
issued by the federal government, a foreign government, or any
state government that contains the photograph and signature of the
acknowledging person.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
* * * * *