Tex. Local Government Code § 193.009
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 193.009, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 193.009. INDEXING OF RECORDS ON MICROFILM.
Official statutory text
(a) An instrument that is recorded and classified on microfilm as provided by Section 193.008 must be alphabetically indexed and cross-indexed in the indexes to that official public record under the names of the parties identified in the instrument.
(b) The index entry for an instrument recorded in the official public records of real property, personal property and chattels, or governmental, business, and personal matters must give:
(1) the names of the parties to the instrument;
(2) a brief description of the nature of the instrument;
(3) the date of filing;
(4) a brief description of the property, if any; and
(5) the location of the microfilm image of the instrument by roll or group number and by image number, or by another suitable method permissible under rules adopted under Chapter 204.
(c) The index entry for an instrument recorded in the official public records of probate courts, county civil courts, county criminal courts, or the commissioners court must give information that would assist in further identifying the cause or action, including:
(1) the names of the parties to the action, except an action in the commissioners court;
(2) the nature of the cause or action;
(3) the date the cause or action was opened or taken;
(4) the court in which the cause or action lies;
(5) the docket number; and
(6) the location of the microfilm image of the instrument by roll or group number and by image number, or by another suitable method permissible under rules adopted under Chapter 204.
(b) The index entry for an instrument recorded in the official public records of real property, personal property and chattels, or governmental, business, and personal matters must give:
(1) the names of the parties to the instrument;
(2) a brief description of the nature of the instrument;
(3) the date of filing;
(4) a brief description of the property, if any; and
(5) the location of the microfilm image of the instrument by roll or group number and by image number, or by another suitable method permissible under rules adopted under Chapter 204.
(c) The index entry for an instrument recorded in the official public records of probate courts, county civil courts, county criminal courts, or the commissioners court must give information that would assist in further identifying the cause or action, including:
(1) the names of the parties to the action, except an action in the commissioners court;
(2) the nature of the cause or action;
(3) the date the cause or action was opened or taken;
(4) the court in which the cause or action lies;
(5) the docket number; and
(6) the location of the microfilm image of the instrument by roll or group number and by image number, or by another suitable method permissible under rules adopted under Chapter 204.
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