{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-2.0071","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 2.0071","heading":"MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS BY CLERK RELATING TO LICENSE FOR ABSENT APPLICANT.","body":"A county clerk who issues a marriage license for an absent applicant shall maintain the affidavit of the absent applicant and the application for the marriage license in the same manner that the clerk maintains an application for a marriage license submitted by two applicants in person.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 650 (H.B. 869), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 1. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE A. MARRIAGE","CHAPTER 2. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP","SUBCHAPTER A. APPLICATION FOR MARRIAGE LICENSE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.2.htm#2.0071","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"6cfd2688158480dced552b4e5c6e1fab8fd60232a2d96bde851c76006a91bf60","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-2.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-2.008"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}