Bulletins are compiled by SLRM in a centralized location for ease of reference by our local government and state agency customers. They contain links to the Texas Administrative Code, Texas statutes, a combination of both, or best practice and guidance related to a particular topic or concept.

Bulletin E contains the statutory law (Local Government Code, Chapters 191 and 195) governing electronic filing of records with and recording by county clerks and administrative rules adopted under authority of Government Code Chapter 441 by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (Texas Administrative Code, Title 13, Chapter 7) concerning electronic filing and recording of records.

Click the links below and be taken directly to the respective laws and rules.

• §191.009. Electronic Filing and Recording

• §195.001. Definitions.
• §195.002. Adoption of Rules.
• §195.003. Persons Authorized to File Electronically.
• §195.004. Notice of Confirmation.
• §195.005. Time Electronic Document or Other Instrument Considered Filed or Recorded.
• §195.006. Additional Fee Prohibited.
• §195.007. Access to Electronic Document or Other Instrument Recorded Electronically.
• §195.008. Electronic Recording Advisory Committee.
• §195.009. Filing.

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Texas Administrative Code

• §7.141 Definitions
• §7.142 General
• §7.143 Form and Method of Transmission
• §7.144 Method of Recording
• §7.145 System Security Procedures

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