Sec. 207.005.  EFFECT OF RESALE CERTIFICATE;  LIABILITY.  (a)  A property owners' association may not deny the validity of any statement in the resale certificate.  The property owners' association's lien to secure undisclosed amounts due the property owners' association on the date the resale certificate is prepared shall automatically terminate as a lien securing the undisclosed amount.  A buyer, buyer's agent, owner, owner's agent, lender, and title insurance company and its agent are not liable for any debt or claim existing on the preparation date of the resale certificate that is not disclosed in the resale certificate.
(b)  A resale certificate does not affect:
(1)  the right of a property owners' association to recover debts or claims that arise or become due after the date the resale certificate is prepared;  or
(2)  a lien on a property securing payment of future assessments held by the property owners' association.
(c)  The owner's agent and the title insurance company and its agent are not liable to a buyer for any delay or failure by the property owners' association in delivering the information required by Section 207.003.
(d)  Except as provided by Section 207.004, the property owners' association is not liable to an owner selling property in the subdivision for delay or failure to deliver the information required by Section 207.003.  An officer or agent of the property owners' association is not liable for a delay or failure to furnish a resale certificate.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1198, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.