Tex. Local Government Code § 118.161
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 118.161, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 118.161. FEE SCHEDULE.
Official statutory text
A county surveyor shall collect the following fees:
(1) for recording the field notes and plat of a survey for a tract of land, providing copies of field notes, plats, or other papers or records, and certifying any copies, the same amount collected by the county clerk of the county as a filing fee;
(2) for surveying a tract of land or designating a homestead:
(A) the actual expenses incurred, including all expenses of making the survey, preparing a survey report, field notes, plat, and other documents required by law, and filing those documents in the records of the county surveyor or the General Land Office; and
(B) any fees for surveying services agreed on by the county surveyor and the person seeking the services; and
(3) for filing an application to purchase or lease a vacancy or for surveying a vacancy, the amounts provided by Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Natural Resources Code.
(1) for recording the field notes and plat of a survey for a tract of land, providing copies of field notes, plats, or other papers or records, and certifying any copies, the same amount collected by the county clerk of the county as a filing fee;
(2) for surveying a tract of land or designating a homestead:
(A) the actual expenses incurred, including all expenses of making the survey, preparing a survey report, field notes, plat, and other documents required by law, and filing those documents in the records of the county surveyor or the General Land Office; and
(B) any fees for surveying services agreed on by the county surveyor and the person seeking the services; and
(3) for filing an application to purchase or lease a vacancy or for surveying a vacancy, the amounts provided by Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Natural Resources Code.
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