{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-406.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 406.053","heading":"OATH.","body":"Before performing the duties of office, a commissioner of deeds shall take and subscribe an oath to well and faithfully perform the duties of office under the laws of this state. The oath shall be:\n(1) taken before the clerk of a court of record in the city, county, or country in which the commissioner resides;\n(2) certified to by the clerk under the clerk's hand and seal of office; and\n(3) filed in the office of the secretary of state of this state.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS","CHAPTER 406. NOTARY PUBLIC; COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS","SUBCHAPTER B. COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.406.htm#406.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"2167ea1c90a003e8c885b20998a8c27dfd4d929b4d4a3fec8fe77b5af3f369ff","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-406.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-406.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}