Sec. 195.003. PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO FILE ELECTRONICALLY  


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  • (a) The following persons may file electronic documents or other documents electronically for recording with a county clerk that accepts electronic filing and recording under this chapter:

    (1) an attorney licensed in this state;

    (2) a bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union doing business under laws of the United States or this state;

    (3) a federally chartered lending institution, a federal government-sponsored entity, an instrumentality of the federal government, or a person approved as a mortgagee by the United States to make federally insured loans;

    (4) a person licensed to make regulated loans in this state;

    (5) a title insurance company or title insurance agent licensed to do business in this state; or

    (6) an agency of this state.

    (b) A fee may not be charged to a person authorized to file under this section, except as provided by Section 195.006 or 195.007.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 58, Sec. 2, eff. May 10, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 699 , Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1260 , Sec. 21, eff. June 18, 2005.