Texas Local Government Code

§ 191.007 — SPECIFICATIONS FOR LEGAL PAPERS; INCREASED FEES

LG § 191.007Title 6. RECORDS · Part B. COUNTY RECORDS · Ch. 191. GENERAL RECORDS PROVISIONS AFFECTING COUNTIES

Statute text

(a)A legal paper presented to a county clerk for filing or for recording in any county must meet the requirements prescribed by Subsections (b) through (g). Except as provided by this section, a county clerk may not impose additional requirements or fees for filing or recording a legal paper.

(b)A page is considered to be one side of a sheet of paper. A page must:

(1)be no wider than 8-1/2 inches and no longer than 14 inches;

(2)have a sufficient weight and substance so that printing, typing, or handwriting on it will not smear or bleed through; and

(3)be printed in type not smaller than eight-point type and be suitable otherwise for reproducing from it a readable record by a photocopy or photostatic or microphotographic process used in the office of the county clerk.

(c)Except as provided by Section 11.008(c), Property Code, a clearly identifying heading, similar to the headings on most commercially supplied printed forms, must be placed at the top of the first page to identify the type or kind of legal paper.

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 45 (S.B. 461), Sec. 2, eff. May 13, 2005. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1036 (H.B. 1140), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 15.006, eff. September 1, 2009.