Tex. Local Government Code § 118.011
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§ 118.011. FEE SCHEDULE.
Official statutory text
(a) A county clerk shall collect the following fees for services rendered to any person:
(1) Personal Property Records Filing (Sec. 118.012):
(2) Real Property Records Filing (Sec. 118.013):
(3) Certified Papers (Sec. 118.014):
(D) that is an electronic copy of an electronic document:
(4) Noncertified Papers (Sec. 118.0145):
(C) that is an electronic copy of an electronic document, except for real property records:
(b) The county clerk may set and collect the following fee from any person:
(1) Returned Check (Sec. 118.0215) . . . . . . not less than $15 or more than $30
(2) Records Management and Preservation Fee (Sec. 118.0216) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . not more than $10
(3) Mental Health Background Check for License to Carry a Handgun (Sec. 118.0217) . . . . . not more than $2
(4) Marriage License for Out-of-State Applicants (Sec. 118.018) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100
(c) The clerk shall charge reasonable fees for performing other duties prescribed or authorized by statute for which a fee is not prescribed by this subchapter.
(d) The county clerk may not charge the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service a fee for a copy of any document on file or of record in the clerk's office relating to an individual's criminal history, regardless of whether the document is certified.
(e) A county clerk who provides a copy in a format other than paper of a record maintained by the clerk, including real property records, shall provide the copy and charge a fee in accordance with Sections 552.231 and 552.262, Government Code.
(f) The county clerk of a county shall, if the commissioners court of the county adopts the fee as part of the county's annual budget, collect the following fee from any person:
(1) Records Archive Fee (Sec. 118.025) . . . . . . . not more than $10
(2) Records Technology and Infrastructure Fee (Sec. 118.026) . . . . . . . $2.00
(g) The county clerk of a county shall, if the commissioners court of the county adopts the fee, collect the following fee from any person:
Real Property Records Filing (Sec. 118.0131) . . . . . . . not more than $10
(1) Personal Property Records Filing (Sec. 118.012):
(2) Real Property Records Filing (Sec. 118.013):
(3) Certified Papers (Sec. 118.014):
(D) that is an electronic copy of an electronic document:
(4) Noncertified Papers (Sec. 118.0145):
(C) that is an electronic copy of an electronic document, except for real property records:
(b) The county clerk may set and collect the following fee from any person:
(1) Returned Check (Sec. 118.0215) . . . . . . not less than $15 or more than $30
(2) Records Management and Preservation Fee (Sec. 118.0216) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . not more than $10
(3) Mental Health Background Check for License to Carry a Handgun (Sec. 118.0217) . . . . . not more than $2
(4) Marriage License for Out-of-State Applicants (Sec. 118.018) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100
(c) The clerk shall charge reasonable fees for performing other duties prescribed or authorized by statute for which a fee is not prescribed by this subchapter.
(d) The county clerk may not charge the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service a fee for a copy of any document on file or of record in the clerk's office relating to an individual's criminal history, regardless of whether the document is certified.
(e) A county clerk who provides a copy in a format other than paper of a record maintained by the clerk, including real property records, shall provide the copy and charge a fee in accordance with Sections 552.231 and 552.262, Government Code.
(f) The county clerk of a county shall, if the commissioners court of the county adopts the fee as part of the county's annual budget, collect the following fee from any person:
(1) Records Archive Fee (Sec. 118.025) . . . . . . . not more than $10
(2) Records Technology and Infrastructure Fee (Sec. 118.026) . . . . . . . $2.00
(g) The county clerk of a county shall, if the commissioners court of the county adopts the fee, collect the following fee from any person:
Real Property Records Filing (Sec. 118.0131) . . . . . . . not more than $10
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