Tex. Gov't Code § 618.006 · Chapter 618. UNIFORM FACSIMILE SIGNATURE OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS ACT
LACK OF AUTHORITY NOT DEFENSE.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In a suit or other legal action against an authorized officer whose facsimile signature is placed under this chapter on a public security, instrument of payment, certificate of assessment, or eligible contract, the placement of the facsimile signature without the officer's authority or consent is not a defense.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.618.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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