Tex. Natural Resources Code § 23.057
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 23.057, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 23.057. CUSTODY OF RECORDS IN ABSENCE OF COUNTY SURVEYOR; POWERS AND DUTIES OF COUNTY CLERK.
Official statutory text
If a county does not have a county surveyor, the county clerk of the county:
(1) is the legal custodian of the county surveyor's records;
(2) shall take charge of all records, maps, and papers belonging to the county surveyor's office and safely keep them in the county clerk's office; and
(3) may make any certificate and certify any copy that the county surveyor would be authorized to make or certify.
(1) is the legal custodian of the county surveyor's records;
(2) shall take charge of all records, maps, and papers belonging to the county surveyor's office and safely keep them in the county clerk's office; and
(3) may make any certificate and certify any copy that the county surveyor would be authorized to make or certify.
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