Tex. Gov't Code § 406.053 · Subchapter B. COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS
OATH.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Before performing the duties of office, a commissioner of deeds shall take and subscribe an oath to well and faithfully perform the duties of office under the laws of this state. The oath shall be:
(1) taken before the clerk of a court of record in the city, county, or country in which the commissioner resides;
(2) certified to by the clerk under the clerk's hand and seal of office; and
(3) filed in the office of the secretary of state of this state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.406.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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