Tex. Government Code § 51.401
This is the official text of Tex. Government Code § 51.401, part of Texas’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of Texas state and local government.
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§ 51.401. CLERK PRO TEMPORE.
Official statutory text
If a county clerk is a party to an action in the court he serves, the county judge, on the application of any interested person or on the judge's own motion, shall appoint a clerk pro tempore for the purposes of the action. The clerk pro tempore must take an oath to faithfully and impartially perform the duties of the appointment and must give a bond conditioned on the faithful performance of those duties in an amount fixed and approved by the judge. The bond must be payable to the State of Texas. A clerk pro tempore shall perform the duties of the clerk during the period of the appointment.
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