Texas Local Government Code 118.013 – Real Property Records Filing
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(a) The fee for “Real Property Records Filing” under § 118.011 is for filing and recording, including indexing, in the real property records in the office of the county clerk a document that is authorized or required to be filed in those records.
(b) A county clerk who files, registers, or records an instrument by manual copying instead of copying by photocopy, photostating, or microphotographic process may substitute for the prescribed page fee a fee of 20 cents per 100 words for each page having more than 500 words.
Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 118.013
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Probate: Proving a will
- 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.
(c) The fee does not apply to:
(1) map records;
(2) condominium records;
(3) notary public records;
(4) marriage records;
(5) vital statistics records;
(6) documents filed in the records of county civil or criminal courts or probate courts; or
(7) personal property, chattels, and personal records in the office of the county clerk.
(d) The fee is in addition to any other specific fee provided for by other statute.