Tex. Local Government Code § 191.009
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 191.009, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 191.009. ELECTRONIC FILING AND RECORDING.
Official statutory text
(a) A county clerk may accept electronic documents and other instruments by electronic filing and record the electronic documents and other instruments electronically if the filing or recording complies with the rules adopted by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission under Chapter 195.
(b) An electronic document or other instrument that is filed electronically in compliance with the rules adopted under Chapter 195 is considered to have been filed in compliance with any law relating to the filing of instruments with a county clerk.
(c) For purposes of this section:
(1) an instrument is an electronic record, as defined by Section 322.002, Business & Commerce Code; and
(2) "electronic document" has the meaning assigned by Section 15.002, Property Code.
(b) An electronic document or other instrument that is filed electronically in compliance with the rules adopted under Chapter 195 is considered to have been filed in compliance with any law relating to the filing of instruments with a county clerk.
(c) For purposes of this section:
(1) an instrument is an electronic record, as defined by Section 322.002, Business & Commerce Code; and
(2) "electronic document" has the meaning assigned by Section 15.002, Property Code.
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