Sec. 151.002. INFORMATION IN BILL OF SALE. (a) The bill of sale, which may be filed of record in the appropriate real property records, shall at a minimum include:
(1) the name of the:
(A) owner of the land from which the trees, timber, logs, pulpwood, or in-woods chips were or are to be obtained;
(B) seller, if the seller is not the owner of the land; and
(C) purchaser;
(2) a description of the survey or tract of land from which the trees, timber, logs, pulpwood, or in-woods chips were or are to be obtained, or information from which the identity of that tract of land may be ascertained, but in any event including the county name;
(3) a general description of the trees, timber, logs, pulpwood, or in-woods chips conveyed in the bill of sale; and
(4) representations and a warranty from the seller that the seller is the lawful owner of all the trees, timber, logs, pulpwood, or in-woods chips conveyed in the bill of sale and that the trees, timber, logs, pulpwood, or in-woods chips are free and clear of all liens, security agreements, encumbrances, claims, demands, and charges.
(b) The purchaser of trees, timber, logs, pulpwood, or in-woods chips conveyed in the bill of sale may, and is entitled to, rely on the information required to be provided by the seller to be incorporated into the bill of sale, as well as on the representations and warranty of the seller.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2645, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Renumbered from Sec. 151.042 and amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 532, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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