{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-101.018","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 101.018","heading":"LOCAL REGISTRY.","body":"\"Local registry\" means a county agency or public entity operated under the authority of a district clerk, county government, juvenile board, juvenile probation office, domestic relations office, or other county agency or public entity that serves a county or a court that has jurisdiction under this title and that:\n(1) receives child support payments;\n(2) maintains records of child support payments;\n(3) distributes child support payments as required by law; and\n(4) maintains custody of official child support payment records.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 740 (H.B. 2668), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE A. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 101. DEFINITIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.101.htm#101.018","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"317010ca8711f16b28f7fbf26215dd09dcfed2000251a15f66d4609516535f2f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-101.017","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-101.019"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}