Relating to the omission or redaction of certain personal information from certain real property records, the official text

H.B. No. 4350

AN ACT

relating to the omission or redaction of certain personal

information from certain real property records.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 11.008, Property Code, is amended by

amending Subsection (j) and adding Subsection (k) to read as

follows:

(j) On receipt of a written request from a peace officer as

described by Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, a person

having power or authority under Article 2A.002, Code of Criminal

Procedure, a federal judge, including a federal bankruptcy judge, a

marshal of the United States Marshals Service, a United States

attorney, a state judge as defined by Section 572.002, Government

Code, or a family member as defined by Section 31.006, Finance Code,

of a federal judge, marshal, attorney, or state judge, the county

clerk shall omit or redact from an instrument described by this

section that is available in an online database made public by the

county clerk, or by a provider with which the county commissioners

court contracts to provide the online database, social security

number, driver's license number, and residence address of the peace

officer, person having power or authority under Article 2A.002,

Code of Criminal Procedure, federal judge, marshal, attorney, state

judge, or family member of the federal judge, marshal, attorney, or

state judge.

(k) A county clerk or provider with which the county

commissioners court contracts who omits or redacts information from

an instrument in accordance with Subsection (j) shall display on

the Internet website of the online database in which the instrument

is available to the public a clear and conspicuous statement that:

(1) in accordance with state law, information has been

redacted from certain instruments in the database; and

(2) the online database does not constitute the

official repository of real property records and may not reflect

the complete or unaltered contents of those records as maintained

in the official real property records.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4350 was passed by the House on May

15, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not

voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4350 was passed by the Senate on May

28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

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Governor