Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 191.004 · Chapter 191. GENERAL RECORDS PROVISIONS AFFECTING COUNTIES
ATTESTED COPIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) On demand, the county clerk shall give an attested copy of any instrument that is recorded in the clerk's office.
(b) The fee provided by law for an attested copy shall be paid to the clerk.
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to birth and death records maintained under the vital statistics laws of this state as provided by Title 3, Health and Safety Code. The county clerk shall allow access to and give attested copies of those records only as provided by the vital statistics laws, rules adopted under those laws, and Chapter 552, Government Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 43(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 920, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1192, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.191.htm
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