Securing a contract
Affidavit of Memorandum
Also called: Sworn Memorandum · Certificate of Mailing
A sworn statement recorded alongside a memorandum attesting to notice given to the owner.
What is a affidavit of memorandum?
In statutes like Texas Property Code §12.020, recording a unilateral residential memorandum requires more than the memorandum itself. The filer must send the owner a certified-mail notice and record a sworn affidavit — a certificate of mailing — attesting, under oath, to the date and manner the notice was sent.
The affidavit is what gives the memorandum its legal effect: without the proper sworn notice, the recording may not constitute constructive or actual notice at all. That is why the mailing must actually be accepted by USPS before the certificate is sworn and recorded.
Jurably automates this: it captures USPS acceptance, generates the §12.020-compliant certificate, and records it with the memorandum.
We handle the paperwork end-to-end — you never touch a courthouse.