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Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 117.052

DEPOSITS OF REGISTRY FUNDS BY COUNTY AND DISTRICT CLERKS

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Melton v. State (1999)

Most recently applied in Summers v. Highland Composite Property Owners Ass'n (December 2011)

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff

(a) If a depository has been selected under Subchapter B, a county clerk or a district clerk who is to have for more than three days legal custody of money deposited in the registry of the court pending the result of a legal proceeding shall deposit the money in the depository.

(b) The funds deposited shall be carried at the depository selected under this chapter as a special account in the name of the clerk making the deposit.

(c) A clerk is responsible for funds deposited into the registry fund from the following sources:

(1) funds of minors or incapacitated persons;

(2) funds tendered in an interpleader action;

(3) funds paid in satisfaction of a judgment;

(4) child support funds held for more than three days;

(5) cash bonds;

(6) cash bail bonds;

(7) funds in an eminent domain proceeding; and

(8) any other funds tendered to the clerk for deposit into the registry of the court.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.