Tex.
Local Gov't Code Section 191.010
Authority to Require Photo Identification to File Certain Documents in Certain Counties
(a)
In this section, “photo identification” means one of the following forms of photo identification:(1)
a driver’s license, election identification certificate, or personal identification card issued to the person by any state or territory of the United States that has not expired or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation;(2)
a United States military identification card that contains the person’s photograph that has not expired or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation;(3)
a United States citizenship certificate issued to the person that contains the person’s photograph;(4)
a United States Permanent Resident Card that has not expired or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation;(5)
an identification card issued by a municipality intended to serve as a general identification card for the holder that has not expired or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation;(6)
a federally recognized tribal enrollment card or other form of tribal identification that has not expired or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation;(7)
a United States passport or a passport issued by a foreign government recognized by the United States issued to the person that has not expired or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation; or(8)
a license to carry a concealed handgun issued to the person by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation.(b)
A county clerk in a county that allows for electronic filing of documents in the real property records of the county may require a person presenting a document in person for filing in the real property records to present a photo identification to the clerk. The clerk may copy the photo identification or record information from the photo identification. The clerk may not charge a person a fee to copy or record the information from a photo identification.(c)
Information copied or recorded from the photo identification is confidential.(d)
A document filed with a county clerk is not invalid solely because the county clerk did not copy a photo identification or record the information from the photo identification.
Source:
Section 191.010 — Authority to Require Photo Identification to File Certain Documents in Certain Counties, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.191.htm#191.010 (accessed May 11, 2024).
