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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Each county court shall be provided with a seal that has a star with five points engraved in the center. The seal must also have “County Court of ____________ County, Texas” engraved on it.
(b) The seal shall be impressed on all process other than subpoenas issued out of the court and shall be used to authenticate the official acts of the county clerk and county judge. The seal may be created using electronic means, including by using an optical disk or another electronic reproduction technique, if the means by which the seal is impressed on an original document created using the same type of electronic means does not allow for changes, additions, or deletions to be made to the document.
(c) The signature of the county clerk may be affixed on an original document using electronic means, provided those means meet the requirements described by Subsection (b).
(d) A seal impressed or a signature affixed by electronic means may be delivered or transmitted electronically.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 26.005. Seal - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/government-code/gov-t-sect-26-005/
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