{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-51.503","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 51.503","heading":"CERTIFIED COPIES.","body":"A certified copy made of an original document on file in a joint clerk's office must include:\n(1) on each page of the copy:\n(A) the clerk's signature or initials;\n(B) the applicable court's seal; or\n(C) a unique document certification and paginated page number; and\n(2) on the final page of the copy:\n(A) the clerk's attestation certifying that the copy is a true and correct copy of the original document filed in the clerk's office;\n(B) the number of pages copied; and\n(C) the date the copy was issued.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 7 (H.B. 16), Sec. 8.02, eff. December 4, 2025.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE D. JUDICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICIALS","CHAPTER 51. CLERKS","SUBCHAPTER F. JOINT CLERKS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.51.htm#51.503","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"6381b65d66cb5889c4c18fdef206335601978cf8b8c2a4ca948962bb484c591f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-51.502","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-51.601"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}