Tex. Government Code § 51.804
This is the official text of Tex. Government Code § 51.804, part of Texas’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of Texas state and local government.
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§ 51.804. COMPLETION OF ELECTRONIC FILING.
Official statutory text
To complete an electronic filing:
(1) the person filing an instrument with the district or county clerk or the clerk of a court of appeals must transmit the instrument electronically;
(2) the receiving station must transmit acknowledgment to the sending party by encoding electronic receipt of the transmission;
(3) the sending station must encode validation of the encoded receipt as correct; and
(4) the receiving station must respond by encoded transcription into the computer system that validation has occurred and that the electronic transmission has been completed.
(1) the person filing an instrument with the district or county clerk or the clerk of a court of appeals must transmit the instrument electronically;
(2) the receiving station must transmit acknowledgment to the sending party by encoding electronic receipt of the transmission;
(3) the sending station must encode validation of the encoded receipt as correct; and
(4) the receiving station must respond by encoded transcription into the computer system that validation has occurred and that the electronic transmission has been completed.
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