Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 23.0515 · Subchapter C. POWERS AND DUTIES
FIELD NOTES, PLATS, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In a county in which there is a county surveyor, only the county surveyor may:
(1) file and record field notes and plats of surveys made in the county and other documents required by law to be recorded in the county surveyor's records; and
(2) issue a certificate of fact and certify the correctness of a copy of any document, record, or entry shown by the records of the county surveyor.
(b) If the county surveyor and each authorized deputy of the county surveyor are absent from the county surveyor's office, the county clerk of the county has unrestricted access to the county surveyor's office and public records and may:
(1) record field notes, plats, and other documents required to be recorded in the county surveyor's records; and
(2) issue a certificate of fact and certify the correctness of a copy of any document, record, or entry shown by the official records of the county surveyor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 7, eff. June 1, 2003.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.23.htm
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