(a) Each application, petition, certificate, or other paper permitted or required to be filed in a probate court or court having probate jurisdiction under this subtitle must be filed with the county clerk of the proper county.
(b) The county clerk shall file each paper after endorsing on it:
(1) the date on which the paper is filed;
(2) the docket number; and
(3) the clerk's official signature.
(c) A person may file a paper with the county clerk by the use of reproduced, photocopied, or electronically transmitted paper copies of the original signed copies of the paper. A person who files a reproduced, photocopied, or electronically transmitted paper must maintain possession of the original signed copies of the paper and on request shall make the original paper available for inspection by the parties or the court.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 961 (S.B. 53), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.