Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 191.009 · Chapter 191. GENERAL RECORDS PROVISIONS AFFECTING COUNTIES
ELECTRONIC FILING AND RECORDING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A county clerk may accept electronic documents and other instruments by electronic filing and record the electronic documents and other instruments electronically if the filing or recording complies with the rules adopted by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission under Chapter 195.
(b) An electronic document or other instrument that is filed electronically in compliance with the rules adopted under Chapter 195 is considered to have been filed in compliance with any law relating to the filing of instruments with a county clerk.
(c) For purposes of this section:
(1) an instrument is an electronic record, as defined by Section 322.002, Business & Commerce Code; and
(2) "electronic document" has the meaning assigned by Section 15.002, Property Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. May 10, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 702, Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2002.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 699 (S.B. 335), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.23, eff. April 1, 2009.
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