§ 12.007.Effect on Other Law

One sentence keeping other remedies open.

This law is cumulative of other law under which a person may obtain judicial relief with respect to a recorded document or other record.

The argument it forecloses is the familiar one. A statute creating a detailed remedy for a particular wrong invites the claim that it is the only remedy for that wrong.

What remains available is substantial. A suit to quiet title, an action for slander of title, a declaratory judgment that an instrument is void, and the expedited judicial procedure the Government Code provides for removing a fraudulent lien from the records.

That last route is often the faster one. It produces a judicial finding that an instrument is fraudulent on a motion, without a trial — which is what a landowner with a clouded title most urgently needs.

This chapter’s advantage is different: it is the one that produces money. A minimum of $10,000, fees, costs and exemplary damages, against a person who filed the instrument intending harm.

So the two are complementary rather than alternatives. One clears the record quickly; the other punishes the filer.

"Or other record" widens the saving beyond recorded documents, covering financing statements and other filings the chapter reaches.

The section says nothing about which remedy to choose, and a plaintiff may pursue more than one.