Texas Local Government Code Title 6, Chapter 193 - Recording And Indexing By Counties

• Texas Section 193.001 - Manner Of Recording
  (a) The county clerk shall record instruments filed for recording in the order that they are filed. The clerk shall record each instrument with any...
• Texas Section 193.002 - Classification And Index Of Records Not On Microfilm
  (a) A county clerk or clerk of a county court who does not maintain records on microfilm as provided by Chapter 204 and rules adopted...
• Texas Section 193.003 - Index To Real Property Records
  (a) The county clerk shall maintain an alphabetical index to all recorded deeds, powers of attorney, mortgages, correction instruments, and other instruments relating to real...
• Texas Section 193.004 - Index To Judgments
  (a) The county clerk shall maintain a well-bound alphabetical index to all suits filed in the county court. The index must be a cross-index that...
• Texas Section 193.005 - Indexes To Other Records
  (a) In a manner similar to that by which the index to real property records is maintained, the county clerk shall maintain an alphabetical index...
• Texas Section 193.007 - Translation Of County Records
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may require the county clerk to have translated into English and recorded all or part of a county...
• Texas Section 193.008 - Classification Of Records On Microfilm
  (a) If a county clerk or clerk of a county court chooses to maintain records on microfilm as provided by Chapter 204 and rules adopted...
• Texas Section 193.009 - Indexing Of Records On Microfilm
  (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...
• Texas Section 193.010 - Revision Of Indexes Of Records On Microfilm
  (a) The indexes must be periodically revised throughout the year to obtain a complete alphabetical index to each of the classes of official public records...
• Texas Section 193.011 - Registers Of Court Records On Microfilm
  (a) A current register of court docket numbers must be maintained in numerical order for each type of court record included in an official public...
• Texas Section 193.012 - Return Of Original Instruments
  After an original instrument that is not involved in or related to a court matter or proceeding has been microfilmed and the microfilm has satisfied...
• Texas Section 193.013 - Computerized Index For Certain Records
  An index for a record listed in Section 193.008(b) may be stored or maintained by computer if a security or backup copy of the index...

Last modified: September 28, 2016