{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.411","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 162.411","heading":"FEES.","body":"(a) The costs of establishing, operating, and maintaining a registry may be recovered in whole or in part through users' fees charged to applicants and registrants.\n(b) Each registry shall establish a schedule of fees for services provided by the registry. The fees shall be reasonably related to the direct and indirect costs of establishing, operating, and maintaining the registry.\n(c) A fee may not be charged for withdrawing a registration.\n(d) The fees collected by the vital statistics unit shall be deposited in a special fund in the general revenue fund. Funds in the special fund may be appropriated only for the administration of the central registry.\n(e) The administrator may waive users' fees in whole or in part if the applicant provides satisfactory proof of financial inability to pay the fees.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 968, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 561, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.114, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","CHAPTER 162. ADOPTION","SUBCHAPTER E. VOLUNTARY ADOPTION REGISTRIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.162.htm#162.411","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"31d8f7358509134efdda2126aa7ce4d117cbb82cb83888b8dda82ebf7f0151c3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.409","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.412"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}