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Current as of April 14, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) Information that relates to the social security number of an individual that is maintained by a county clerk and that is on an application for a marriage license, including information in an application on behalf of an absent applicant and the affidavit of an absent applicant, or is on a document submitted with an application for a marriage license is confidential and may not be disclosed by the county clerk to the public under this chapter.
(b) If the county clerk receives a request to make information in a marriage license application available under this chapter, the county clerk shall redact the portion of the application that contains an individual's social security number and release the remainder of the information in the application.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 552.141. Confidentiality of Information in Application for Marriage License - last updated April 14, 2021 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/government-code/gov-t-sect-552-141.html
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