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Texas Local Government Code - LOC GOV'T § 117.052. Deposits of Registry Funds by County and District Clerks

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) If a depository has been selected under Subchapter B,  1 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.

1 V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 117.021 et seq.
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