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Terms Used In Texas Property Code 52.005

  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Signed: includes any symbol executed or adopted by a person with present intention to authenticate a writing. See Texas Government Code 311.005

Satisfaction of a judgment in whole or in part may be shown by recordation of:
(1) a return on an execution issued on the judgment, or a copy of the return, certified by the officer making the return and showing:
(A) the names of the parties to the judgment;
(B) the number and style of the suit;
(C) the court in which the judgment was rendered;
(D) the date and amount of the judgment; and
(E) the dates of issuance and return of the execution; or
(2) a receipt, acknowledgement, or release that is signed by the party entitled to receive payment of the judgment or by that person‘s agent or attorney of record and that is acknowledged or proven for record in the manner required for deeds.