{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-405.011","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 405.011","heading":"OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS.","body":"(a) The secretary of state shall arrange and preserve books, maps, parchments, records, documents, and papers properly deposited in the secretary of state's office and sealed with the state seal.\n(b) A copy of an original deposited under this section is as legal and conclusive in evidence in a state court as the original.\n(c) On request of the governor, the legislature, or a house of the legislature, the secretary of state shall furnish a copy of an original deposited under this section.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 297, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS","CHAPTER 405. SECRETARY OF STATE","SUBCHAPTER B. DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.405.htm#405.011","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"bb9c457a68e4134da2d115f51a3d538a0c81b04c21c048d0e381ec70b41cb94b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-405.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-405.012"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}