{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-201.009","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 201.009","heading":"ACCESS TO RECORDS.","body":"(a) Local government records are subject to Chapter 552, Government Code.\n(b) Any local government record to which public access is denied under Chapter 552, Government Code, including a birth record maintained by a local registrar, is, if still in existence, open to public inspection 75 years after it was originally created or received. However, a death record maintained by a local registrar is, if still in existence, open to public inspection 55 years after it was originally created or received. This subsection does not limit the authority of a governing body or an elected county officer to establish retention periods for records under Section 203.042.\n(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to a local government record whose public disclosure is prohibited by an order of a court or by another state law.\nAmended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(90), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 462 (S.B. 1907), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 6. RECORDS","SUBTITLE C. RECORDS PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 201. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.201.htm#201.009","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"13d72f36f8a6e0a5d3976ed498735db2cbf32143b7b8e95d67028497cc551b31","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-201.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-202.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}