{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-571.014","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 571.014","heading":"FILING REQUIREMENTS.","body":"(a) Each application, petition, certificate, or other paper permitted or required to be filed in a probate court or court having probate jurisdiction under this subtitle must be filed with the county clerk of the proper county.\n(b) The county clerk shall file each paper after endorsing on it:\n(1) the date on which the paper is filed;\n(2) the docket number; and\n(3) the clerk's official signature.\n(c) A person may file a paper with the county clerk by the use of reproduced, photocopied, or electronically transmitted paper copies of the original signed copies of the paper. A person who files a reproduced, photocopied, or electronically transmitted paper must maintain possession of the original signed copies of the paper and on request shall make the original paper available for inspection by the parties or the court.\n(d) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 961 (S.B. 53), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 6.42, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 961 (S.B. 53), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 961 (S.B. 53), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBTITLE C. TEXAS MENTAL HEALTH CODE","CHAPTER 571. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.571.htm#571.014","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"5d326d6e8fb3f930b7e6a967072a0a3a298795be0beda8c9c82ec64d74f2a72c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-571.013","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-571.015"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}