Tex. Local Government Code § 117.052
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 117.052, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 117.052. DEPOSITS OF REGISTRY FUNDS BY COUNTY AND DISTRICT CLERKS.
Official statutory text
(a) If a depository has been selected under Subchapter B, a county clerk or a district clerk who is to have for more than three days legal custody of money deposited in the registry of the court pending the result of a legal proceeding shall deposit the money in the depository.
(b) The funds deposited shall be carried at the depository selected under this chapter as a special account in the name of the clerk making the deposit.
(c) A clerk is responsible for funds deposited into the registry fund from the following sources:
(1) funds of minors or incapacitated persons;
(2) funds tendered in an interpleader action;
(3) funds paid in satisfaction of a judgment;
(4) child support funds held for more than three days;
(5) cash bonds;
(6) cash bail bonds;
(7) funds in an eminent domain proceeding; and
(8) any other funds tendered to the clerk for deposit into the registry of the court.
(b) The funds deposited shall be carried at the depository selected under this chapter as a special account in the name of the clerk making the deposit.
(c) A clerk is responsible for funds deposited into the registry fund from the following sources:
(1) funds of minors or incapacitated persons;
(2) funds tendered in an interpleader action;
(3) funds paid in satisfaction of a judgment;
(4) child support funds held for more than three days;
(5) cash bonds;
(6) cash bail bonds;
(7) funds in an eminent domain proceeding; and
(8) any other funds tendered to the clerk for deposit into the registry of the court.
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