Tex. Gov't Code Section 441.202
Archives of General Land Office


(a)

Any papers, including any book, transfer, power of attorney, field note, map, plat, legal proceeding, official report, or original document, that pertain to the land of the Republic or State of Texas and that have been deposited or filed in the General Land Office in accordance with any law of the republic or of this state constitute the archives of the General Land Office and are not subject to transfer to the commission under Section 441.186 (Archival State Records).

(b)

A person owning land between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande under a grant or title from the former government that was issued before November 13, 1835, and, before the adoption of the constitution, was recorded in the county in which the land is situated but that has not been filed in the archives of the General Land Office shall submit the grant or title to the commissioner of the General Land Office who shall file the title or grant in the archives of the General Land Office. The act of filing does not invest the title or grant with any greater validity than it had as a title or grant recorded in the proper county, and it is subject to any defense or objection to which it would have been subject if not so filed.

(c)

The commissioner of the General Land Office shall procure, accept, and file in the archives of the General Land Office the original papers relating to the survey of lands by virtue of certificates issued by this state to the Texas & Pacific Railway Company and its predecessors in title, including the maps, sketches, reports, and other papers that were drawn by the surveyors in making the original or corrected surveys of the land and that are in the custody of the railway company. If the commissioner cannot procure the original papers, the commissioner may procure, accept, and file verified copies. The commissioner shall verify the authenticity of the papers. If the commissioner can procure only a portion of the originals, the commissioner shall procure and accept that portion and take and file verified copies of those originals the commissioner cannot procure. The original papers or verified copies filed by the commission in the archives of the General Land Office are admissible in evidence as are other papers, documents, and records and certified copies of the office.

(d)

This section does not give any papers named in this section any greater force or validity, because of being recognized as archives of the General Land Office, than was accorded the papers by the laws in force at the date of their execution and deposit in the General Land Office.

(e)

A written instrument, including a deed, that was executed or issued before March 2, 1836, on stamped paper of the second or third seal and that is not an original instrument in the General Land Office or expressly declared by law to be part of the archives of that office do not constitute a part of the archives of that office. An owner of land to which the instrument relates may withdraw the instrument from the General Land Office on making a written, sworn application for the instrument to the commissioner. The application must state the fact of ownership of the land to which the instrument relates. If the commissioner is satisfied that the person applying is the owner, the commissioner may deliver the instrument to the applicant. The commissioner shall take a receipt for the instrument that describes the instrument delivered, summarizes its contents, and names the original grantee of land to which the instrument relates or refers.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 873, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Source: Section 441.202 — Archives of General Land Office, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.­441.­htm#441.­202 (accessed Mar. 23, 2024).

441.001
Commission
441.002
Director and Librarian
441.003
Employees
441.004
Career Ladder
441.005
Standards of Conduct
441.006
General Powers and Duties
441.008
Transfer or Exchange of Books or Documents
441.009
State Plan for Library Services and Technology
441.010
Electronically Searchable Central Grant Database
441.0011
Training for Commission Members
441.013
Reports
441.014
Audit
441.015
Seal
441.016
Building
441.017
Cost Recovery for Records Storage Services
441.018
Complaints
441.019
Use of Technology
441.020
Negotiated Rulemaking and Alternative Dispute Resolution Policy
441.025
Definitions
441.026
Retention, Storage, and Destruction of Certain Court Documents
441.031
Definition
441.0065
Advisory Committees
441.071
Texas Public Library Endowment Fund
441.072
Investment and Management of Endowment Fund
441.073
Texas Public Library Fund
441.074
Donations, Appropriations, and Sales
441.075
Public Library Fund Grant Program
441.0085
Adopt-a-library Program
441.0091
Grant Program for Local Libraries
441.091
Definition
441.0092
Texas Reads Program Grants
441.094
Records Schedule and Implementation Plan
441.095
Disposition of Unscheduled Records
441.101
Definitions
441.102
Distribution of State Publications
441.103
State Agency Duties
441.104
Duties of Texas State Library
441.105
Exempt Publications
441.106
Payment for Printing of State Publications
441.111
Definitions
441.112
Print Access Aids in Public Libraries
441.113
Training and Information
441.114
Maintenance of Equipment
441.115
Relocation
441.116
Funding
441.121
Short Title
441.122
Definitions
441.123
Establishment of State Library System
441.124
Advisory Board
441.125
Plan of Service
441.126
Authority to Establish Systems
441.127
Membership in System
441.128
Operation and Management
441.129
Withdrawal from System
441.130
Advisory Council
441.131
Regional Library System
441.132
Major Resource Centers
441.135
Grants
441.136
Rules
441.137
Administration
441.138
Funding
441.151
Definitions
441.152
Duties and Responsibilities of the Director and Librarian
441.153
Regional Historical Resource Depositories
441.154
Regional Research Centers
441.155
Placement and Removal of Resources
441.156
Contracting Authority
441.157
Grant-in-aid Program
441.158
Local Government Records Retention Schedules
441.159
Prior Retention Periods in County Records Manual
441.160
Revisions to Records Retention Schedules
441.166
State Agency Rules
441.167
Assistance and Information
441.168
Microfilming and Storing Local Government Records
441.169
Duties of Local Governments
441.180
Definitions
441.181
State Archives Program
441.182
State Records Management Program
441.183
Records Management Programs in State Agencies
441.184
Records Management Officers
441.185
Record Retention Schedules
441.186
Archival State Records
441.187
Destruction of State Records
441.188
Microfilmed State Records
441.189
Electronic State Records
441.190
Protection, Maintenance, and Storage of State Records
441.191
Alienation of State Records Prohibited
441.192
Right of Recovery
441.193
Custody of State Records and Other Historical Resources of Commission
441.194
Records of Abolished State Agencies
441.195
Contracting Authority
441.196
Sale of Copies of State Archives
441.197
Sale of Duplicate or Unneeded Material
441.198
Agreement with Mexico
441.199
Rulemaking Authority
441.200
Audit
441.201
Records of Office of Governor
441.202
Archives of General Land Office
441.203
Records Management Interagency Coordinating Council
441.204
Records of Office of Lieutenant Governor
441.205
Online Access to Cultural Resources
441.221
Definition
441.222
Creation of Consortium
441.223
Findings
441.224
Membership
441.225
Administration
441.226
Advisory Board
441.227
Role and Scope of Consortium
441.228
Acceptance and Use of Gifts or Grants
441.229
Group Purchasing Agreements
441.230
Grants to Membership Institutions
441.241
Definitions
441.242
Texas Historical Records Advisory Board
441.243
Composition of the Board
441.244
Terms
441.245
Compensation
441.246
Vacancy
441.0945
Disposition of Scheduled Records
441.1035
State Publications Distributed in Physical Format
441.1271
Extending Membership of Systems to Certain Nonpublic Libraries
441.1381
Competitive Grants
441.1382
Additional Funding
441.1383
Grants to Aid Local Libraries
441.1815
State Archives Strategic Plan
441.1821
Legislative Records Management
441.1855
Retention of Contract and Related Documents by State Agencies
441.1935
Requirements for Requests for Information Held by State Archives Program
441.1965
Sale of Replicas from State Archives

Accessed:
Mar. 23, 2024

§ 441.202’s source at texas​.gov