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Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 117.081

LIABILITY OF COUNTY AND DISTRICT CLERKS

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

(a) A county clerk or a district clerk is not responsible for a loss of registry funds resulting from the failure or negligence of a depository.

(b) This section does not release a county clerk or a district clerk from:

(1) liability for a loss of registry funds resulting from the clerk's official misconduct, negligence, or misappropriation of the funds; or

(2) responsibility for keeping the registry funds safe until the clerk deposits them in a depository selected under Subchapter B.

(c) After a county clerk or a district clerk deposits in a depository selected under Subchapter B the registry funds held by the clerk, the clerk is relieved of the responsibility for keeping the funds secure.

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