Texas § LG.118.024 - FREE ACCESS TO RECORDS

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§ LG.118.024. FREE ACCESS TO RECORDS

FREE ACCESS TO RECORDS. (a) This subchapter does not limit or deny any person full and free access to any document referred to in this subchapter. A person is entitled to read, examine, and copy from those documents or from any microfilm or other photographic image of the documents. (b) A person may exercise the right provided by this section without paying any charge under the reasonable rules of the county clerk at all reasonable times during the hours in which the clerk's office is open to the public. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

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