{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-15.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 15.002","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Document\" means information that is:\n(A) inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form; and\n(B) eligible to be recorded in the real property records maintained by a county clerk.\n(2) \"Electronic\" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.\n(3) \"Electronic document\" means a document that is received by a county clerk in an electronic form.\n(4) \"Electronic signature\" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document.\n(5) \"Paper document\" means a document that is received by a county clerk in a form that is not electronic.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 699 (S.B. 335), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 3. PUBLIC RECORDS","CHAPTER 15. UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY ELECTRONIC RECORDING ACT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.15.htm#15.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"2c6a350f1e3a767e741b0c2aba105230cabc0872af2feeb66178531d0a1e0b17","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-15.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-15.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}