Tex. Fam. Code § 81.011 · Chapter 81. GENERAL PROVISIONS
USE OF DIGITIZED SIGNATURE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A digitized signature on an application for a protective order under this title or any other pleading or order in a proceeding under this title satisfies the requirements for and imposes the duties of signatories to pleadings, motions, and other papers identified under Rule 13, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
(b) A digitized signature under this section may be applied only by, and must remain under the sole control of, the person whose signature is represented.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1165 (S.B. 813), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.81.htm
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