Texas Local Government Code Title 6, Chapter 191 - General Records Provisions Affecting Counties

• Texas Section 191.001 - County Recorder; Seal; General Duties
  (a) As provided by Article V, Section 20, of the Texas Constitution, the county clerk of a county serves as the county recorder. (b) The...
• Texas Section 191.002 - Records To Be Kept In Well-bound Books Or On Microfilm Or Other Media
  When the county clerk records an instrument, the clerk shall do so in a suitable well-bound book. However, this requirement does not apply to an...
• Texas Section 191.003 - Effective Date Of Recording
  An instrument filed with a county clerk for recording is considered recorded from the time that the instrument is filed. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch....
• Texas Section 191.004 - Attested Copies
  (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...
• Texas Section 191.005 - Effect Of Copy
  If made and recorded as provided by law, a transcribed record, a translation of a Spanish archive, a rerecorded deed, any other instrument required by...
• Texas Section 191.006 - Public Access To Records
  All records belonging to the office of the county clerk to which access is not otherwise restricted by law or by court order shall be...
• Texas Section 191.007 - Specifications For Legal Papers; Increased Fees
  (a) A legal paper presented to a county clerk for filing or for recording in any county must meet the requirements prescribed by Subsections (b)...
• Texas Section 191.008 - Authority To Establish Computerized Electronic Information System
  (a) The commissioners court of a county by order may provide for the establishment and operation of a computerized electronic information system through which it...
• Texas Section 191.009 - Electronic Filing And Recording
  (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...
• Texas Section 191.010 - Authority To Require Photo Identification To File Certain Documents In Certain Counties
  (a) In this section, "photo identification" means one of the following forms of photo identification: (1) a driver's license, election identification certificate, or personal identification...

Last modified: September 28, 2016