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| 1 | 1 | By: Davis S.B. No. 2065 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to proof that is acceptable for identifying individuals | |
| 7 | 7 | acknowledging written instruments. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 121.005, Civil Practice | |
| 10 | 10 | and Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (a) An officer may not take the acknowledgment of a written | |
| 12 | 12 | instrument unless the officer knows or has satisfactory evidence | |
| 13 | 13 | that the acknowledging person is the person who executed the | |
| 14 | 14 | instrument and is described in it. An officer may accept, as | |
| 15 | 15 | satisfactory evidence of the identity of an acknowledging person, | |
| 16 | 16 | only: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) the oath of a credible witness personally known to | |
| 18 | 18 | the officer; or | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) a current identification card or other document | |
| 20 | 20 | issued by the federal government, a foreign government, or any | |
| 21 | 21 | state government that contains the photograph and signature of the | |
| 22 | 22 | acknowledging person. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |