Tex. Natural Resources Code § 23.054: RIGHT OF INSPECTION.

At all times, any interested person, agent, or attorney may examine the books, papers, plats, maps, or other archives belonging to the office of the county surveyor on the payment of the fee set by law. In addition to the fees allowed by law for field work, the county surveyor may charge 20 cents per 100 words for the record.

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2368, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.