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Texas deed packet
Fix errors in a previously recorded Texas deed — incorrect names, legal descriptions, or other mistakes. Get the state-specific blank correction deed and completion guidance as an instant download.
Is this the right deed type? A correction deed fixes errors in a previously recorded deed without a new conveyance.
This download includes 2 documents in editable Word format. Complete them on your own computer, then print, sign, and record.
Packet is delivered in Word format; no blank PDF of the deed is included.
A simple three-step workflow; the packet guides you through each one.
Gather the current deed or title record and the exact legal description of the property before you start.
Complete the blank deed and follow the included state guidance for signing, acknowledgment, and related requirements.
Confirm your county recorder's cover sheets, transfer forms, fees, and local practices, then submit the executed deed.
See page 1 of the actual blank form and review a plain-language outline of what appears on page 1. The complete formatted packet is delivered after checkout.
Recording and return information: fields for the preparer and return-to recipient names, mailing addresses, and related recording details.
Party information: grantor and grantee names, mailing addresses, marital status, and vesting details as required by Texas practice.
Property description: the legal description of the property, or a reference to an attached exhibit.
About this Texas form
A Texas correction deed is commonly searched by that name, but the recordable form in this package is a Texas Correction Instrument. It is designed for narrow nonmaterial corrections under Texas Property Code sections 5.027 and 5.028. It is not a new conveyance, does not convey title, and should not be used to change the bargain or fix a material title problem.
The package includes two editable Microsoft Word documents: the Texas Correction Instrument and a separate Texas Correction Instrument Instructions and Checklist. The instruction file is separate so completion guidance is not accidentally recorded as part of the instrument.
This form is for clerical or inadvertent errors that fit the nonmaterial correction path, such as certain errors in legal descriptions, party-name details, marital-status recitals, execution dates, recording references, acknowledgment facts, or omitted calls described by statute. Texas Property Code section 5.028 requires the person executing the correction instrument to disclose the basis for personal knowledge, and notice rules can apply when not all parties to the original instrument sign.
Do not use this packet if the correction may add or remove land, change the conveyed interest, change a grantee or ownership share, add a buyer disclaimer, add mortgagee consent or subordination, identify a different lot or unit, affect foreclosure or lien rights, or otherwise materially affect title. Material corrections under Texas Property Code section 5.029 require a different execution path and Texas counsel or title-company review.
PublicLegal-authored self-help deed form. Provided for customers to complete with their own transaction information and submit to the proper local recording office. Recorder offices and state agencies may require separate supplemental forms, taxes, fees, or cover sheets, and requirements vary by jurisdiction and transaction. Review the product notes and confirm local recording requirements before relying on any completed deed.
ILRG provides self-help deed forms and download support. Attorney-reviewed PublicLegal-authored deed forms are provided for you to complete with your own transaction information. Deed recording requirements, supplemental forms, transfer taxes, title-company practices, and legal suitability vary by jurisdiction and transaction. If you are not 100 percent satisfied after purchasing from us, contact us for a refund.
No. A nonmaterial correction instrument corrects the original recorded instrument and conveys nothing. It is not a substitute for a new deed when a new conveyance is required.
Nonmaterial corrections under section 5.028 address listed clerical or inadvertent errors. Material corrections under section 5.029 can affect title or the conveyed interest and require a different execution path by the parties to the original instrument or their successors. Use counsel or title-company review when unsure.
A person with personal knowledge of facts relevant to the correction may execute a section 5.028 nonmaterial correction instrument, but the basis for personal knowledge must be disclosed. Title-company practice may still prefer signatures from all affected parties.
Record it in each Texas county where the original instrument being corrected is recorded, along with any required evidence of notice when not all original parties sign.
The product includes the editable Texas Correction Instrument Word document and a separate editable Texas Correction Instrument Instructions and Checklist Word document.