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      H.B. No. 4202         AN ACT   relating to proof of identity of a person making an acknowledgment   of a written instrument.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 121.005(a), 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 who:                       (A)  is personally known to the officer; or                       (B)     provides the officer with a current   identification card or other document issued by the federal   government or any state government that contains the photograph and   signature of the witness;                (2)  a current identification card or other document   issued by the federal government or any state government that   contains the photograph and signature of the acknowledging person;   or                (3)  with respect to a deed or other instrument   relating to a residential real estate transaction, a current   passport issued by a foreign country.          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.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 4202 was passed by the House on May   10, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 129, Nays 0, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 4202 was passed by the Senate on May   28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor