Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 45A.052
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 45A.052, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 45A.052. COURT SEAL.
Official statutory text
(a) A justice or municipal court shall have a court seal.
(b) The impression of the court seal must be:
(1) attached to all papers issued out of the justice or municipal court except subpoenas; and
(2) used to authenticate the official acts of the clerk and of the recorder.
(c) A court seal may be created by electronic means, including:
(1) optical imaging;
(2) optical disk; or
(3) another electronic reproduction technique that does not permit changes, additions, or deletions to an original document created by the same type of system.
(b) The impression of the court seal must be:
(1) attached to all papers issued out of the justice or municipal court except subpoenas; and
(2) used to authenticate the official acts of the clerk and of the recorder.
(c) A court seal may be created by electronic means, including:
(1) optical imaging;
(2) optical disk; or
(3) another electronic reproduction technique that does not permit changes, additions, or deletions to an original document created by the same type of system.
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