Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 193.009 · Chapter 193. RECORDING AND INDEXING BY COUNTIES
INDEXING OF RECORDS ON MICROFILM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An instrument that is recorded and classified on microfilm as provided by Section 193.008 must be alphabetically indexed and cross-indexed in the indexes to that official public record under the names of the parties identified in the instrument.
(b) The index entry for an instrument recorded in the official public records of real property, personal property and chattels, or governmental, business, and personal matters must give:
(1) the names of the parties to the instrument;
(2) a brief description of the nature of the instrument;
(3) the date of filing;
(4) a brief description of the property, if any; and
(5) the location of the microfilm image of the instrument by roll or group number and by image number, or by another suitable method permissible under rules adopted under Chapter 204.
(c) The index entry for an instrument recorded in the official public records of probate courts, county civil courts, county criminal courts, or the commissioners court must give information that would assist in further identifying the cause or action, including:
(1) the names of the parties to the action, except an action in the commissioners court;
(2) the nature of the cause or action;
(3) the date the cause or action was opened or taken;
(4) the court in which the cause or action lies;
(5) the docket number; and
(6) the location of the microfilm image of the instrument by roll or group number and by image number, or by another suitable method permissible under rules adopted under Chapter 204.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 58, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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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.193.htm
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 193.009. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Local Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 118.025COUNTY CLERK'S RECORDS ARCHIVE.Printed as Section 193.009(b)(4)
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 193.002CLASSIFICATION AND INDEX OF RECORDS NOT ON MICROFILM.Printed as Sections 193.009, 193.010, and 193.011
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 193.003INDEX TO REAL PROPERTY RECORDS.Printed as Sections 193.008 and 193.009
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 193.004INDEX TO JUDGMENTS.Printed as Sections 193.008 and 193.009
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 193.005INDEXES TO OTHER RECORDS.Printed as Sections 193.008 and 193.009
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 193.011REGISTERS OF COURT RECORDS ON MICROFILM.Printed as Section 193.009
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