{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-51.401","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 51.401","heading":"CLERK PRO TEMPORE.","body":"If a county clerk is a party to an action in the court he serves, the county judge, on the application of any interested person or on the judge's own motion, shall appoint a clerk pro tempore for the purposes of the action. The clerk pro tempore must take an oath to faithfully and impartially perform the duties of the appointment and must give a bond conditioned on the faithful performance of those duties in an amount fixed and approved by the judge. The bond must be payable to the State of Texas. A clerk pro tempore shall perform the duties of the clerk during the period of the appointment.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE D. JUDICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICIALS","CHAPTER 51. CLERKS","SUBCHAPTER E. COUNTY CLERKS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.51.htm#51.401","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"b91aaa2c0866ed0bfb0c1eda2c6e1c0867c766d31d4dc3283c13aa58ee7fc37b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-51.322","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-51.402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}