HB4350 - Relating to the omission or redaction of certain personal information from certain real property records.

      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.       ______________________________ ______________________________      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.     ______________________________   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.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor