(a) A county clerk shall collect the following fees for services rendered to any person:
(1) Personal Property Records Filing (Sec. 118.012):



(A) for the first page




$ 5.00;






(B) for each additional page or part of a page on which there are visible marks of any kind




$ 4.00;



(2)  Real Property Records Filing (Sec. 118.013):




(A) for the first page




$ 5.00;






(B) for each additional page or part of a page on which there are visible marks of any kind




$ 4.00;






(C) for all or part of each 8-1/2″ X 14″ attachment or rider




$ 4.00;






(D) for each name in excess of five names that has to be indexed in all records in which the document must be indexed




$ 0.25;



(3)  Certified Papers (Sec. 118.014):




(A) for the clerk’s certificate




$ 5.00;






(B) printed on paper, plus a fee for each page or part of a page




$ 1.00;






(C) that is a paper document converted to electronic format, for each page or part of a page




$1;



(D)  that is an electronic copy of an electronic document:




(i) for each document up to 10 pages in length




$1;






(ii) for each page or part of a page of a document over 10 pages




$0.10;



(4)  Noncertified Papers (Sec. 118.0145):




(A) printed on paper, for each page or part of a page




$ 1.00;






(B) that is a paper document converted to electronic format, for each page or part of a page




$1;



(C)  that is an electronic copy of an electronic document:




(i) for each document up to 10 pages in length




$1;






(ii) for each page or part of a page of a document over 10 pages




$0.10;






(5) Birth or Death Certificate (Sec. 118.015)




same as state registrar;






(6) Bond Approval (Sec. 118.016)




$ 3.00;






(7) Marriage License (Sec. 118.018)




$60.00;






(8) Declaration of Informal Marriage (Sec. 118.019)




$25.00;






(9) Brand Registration (Sec. 118.020)




$ 5.00;






(10) Oath Administration (Sec. 118.021)




$ 1.00.



(b)  The county clerk may set and collect the following fee from any person:
(1)  Returned Check (Sec. 118.0215)  . . . . . . not less than $15 or more than $30
(2)  Records Management and Preservation Fee (Sec. 118.0216)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . not more than $10
(3)  Mental Health Background Check for License to Carry a Handgun (Sec. 118.0217)  . . . . . not more than $2
(4)  Marriage License for Out-of-State Applicants (Sec. 118.018) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100
Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 118.011
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Person: includes  corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Property: means  real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • United States: includes  a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005

(c)  The clerk shall charge reasonable fees for performing other duties prescribed or authorized by statute for which a fee is not prescribed by this subchapter.
(d)  The county clerk may not charge the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service a fee for a copy of any document on file or of record in the clerk's office relating to an individual's criminal history, regardless of whether the document is certified.
(e)  A county clerk who provides a copy in a format other than paper of a record maintained by the clerk shall provide the copy and charge a fee in accordance with Sections 552.231 and 552.262, Government Code.
(f)  The county clerk of a county shall, if the commissioners court of the county adopts the fee as part of the county's annual budget, collect the following fee from any person:
(1)  Records Archive Fee (Sec. 118.025) . . . . . . . not more than $10
(2)  Records Technology and Infrastructure Fee (Sec. 118.026) . . . . . . . $2.00
(g)  The county clerk of a county shall, if the commissioners court of the county adopts the fee, collect the following fee from any person:
Real Property Records Filing (Sec. 118.0131)  . . . . . . . not more than $10



	
															

									
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