Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 195.003 · Chapter 195. ELECTRONIC FILING OF RECORDS WITH AND RECORDING BY COUNTY CLERK
PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO FILE ELECTRONICALLY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The following persons may file electronic documents or other documents electronically for recording with a county clerk that accepts electronic filing and recording under this chapter:
(1) an attorney licensed in this state;
(2) a bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union doing business under laws of the United States or this state;
(3) a federally chartered lending institution, a federal government-sponsored entity, an instrumentality of the federal government, or a person approved as a mortgagee by the United States to make federally insured loans;
(4) a person licensed to make regulated loans in this state;
(5) a title insurance company or title insurance agent licensed to do business in this state;
(6) an agency of this state; or
(7) a municipal clerk.
(a-1) In addition to persons listed under Subsection (a), a county may authorize a person to file electronic documents or other documents electronically for recording with a county clerk if the county enters into a memorandum of understanding with the person for that purpose. This subsection applies only to a county with a population of 500,000 or more.
(b) A fee may not be charged to a person authorized to file under this section, except as provided by Section 195.006 or 195.007.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 58, Sec. 2, eff. May 10, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 699 (S.B. 335), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1260 (H.B. 2048), Sec. 21, eff. June 18, 2005.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 793 (S.B. 1437), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.195.htm
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