1. (a) If written evidence of title to land has been filed according to law in the General Land Office or is in the public archives, a copy of the written evidence may be recorded if:

   1. (1) the original was properly executed under the law in effect at the time of execution; and
   2. (2) the copy is certified by the officer having custody of the original and attested with the seal of the General Land Office.

2. (b) A court may not admit a title to land that was filed in the General Land Office as evidence of superior title against a location or survey of the same land that was made under a valid land warrant or certificate prior to the filing of the title in the General Land Office unless prior to the location or survey:

   1. (1) the older title had been recorded with the county clerk of the county in which the land is located; or
   2. (2) the person who had the location or survey made had actual notice of the older title.

Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3490, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.