Tex. Local Government Code § 191.001
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 191.001, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 191.001. COUNTY RECORDER; SEAL; GENERAL DUTIES.
Official statutory text
(a) As provided by Article V, Section 20, of the Texas Constitution, the county clerk of a county serves as the county recorder.
(b) The county clerk shall use the county court seal to authenticate all of the clerk's official acts as county recorder. The clerk may affix the seal on an original document by stamp, electronic means, facsimile, or other means that legibly reproduces all of the required elements of the seal for the purposes of reproduction.
(c) The county clerk shall record, exactly, without delay, and in the manner provided by this subtitle, the contents of each instrument that is filed for recording and that the clerk is authorized to record.
(d) The county clerk shall keep the records properly indexed and arranged as provided by this subtitle.
(b) The county clerk shall use the county court seal to authenticate all of the clerk's official acts as county recorder. The clerk may affix the seal on an original document by stamp, electronic means, facsimile, or other means that legibly reproduces all of the required elements of the seal for the purposes of reproduction.
(c) The county clerk shall record, exactly, without delay, and in the manner provided by this subtitle, the contents of each instrument that is filed for recording and that the clerk is authorized to record.
(d) The county clerk shall keep the records properly indexed and arranged as provided by this subtitle.
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