{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-191.009","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 191.009","heading":"ELECTRONIC FILING AND RECORDING.","body":"(a) A county clerk may accept electronic documents and other instruments by electronic filing and record the electronic documents and other instruments electronically if the filing or recording complies with the rules adopted by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission under Chapter 195.\n(b) An electronic document or other instrument that is filed electronically in compliance with the rules adopted under Chapter 195 is considered to have been filed in compliance with any law relating to the filing of instruments with a county clerk.\n(c) For purposes of this section:\n(1) an instrument is an electronic record, as defined by Section 322.002, Business \u0026 Commerce Code; and\n(2) \"electronic document\" has the meaning assigned by Section 15.002, Property Code.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. May 10, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 702, Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2002.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 699 (S.B. 335), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.23, eff. April 1, 2009.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 6. RECORDS","SUBTITLE B. COUNTY RECORDS","CHAPTER 191. GENERAL RECORDS PROVISIONS AFFECTING COUNTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.191.htm#191.009","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"999743c588b983e491daced1f926bcc2bc73b436fe5769c6ed3bad4ef328cc50","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-191.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-191.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}