- (a) A filing instrument relating to a domestic real estate investment trust must be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the domestic real estate investment trust's principal place of business is located.
- (b) Subject to other state law governing the requirements for filing instruments with a county clerk, this chapter applies to a filing by a domestic real estate investment trust, except that in relation to such a filing a reference in this chapter to the secretary of state is considered to be a reference to the county clerk of the county in which the domestic real estate investment trust's principal place of business is located.
- (c) A filing instrument relating to a foreign real estate investment trust must be filed with the secretary of state and not a county clerk.
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.