Texas § GV.552.141 - CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION IN APPLICATION FOR MARRIAGE LICENSE
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§ GV.552.141. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION IN APPLICATION FOR MARRIAGE LICENSE
CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION IN APPLICATION FOR MARRIAGE LICENSE. (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. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 804, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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Section GV.552.141 ("CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION IN APPLICATION FOR MARRIAGE LICENSE") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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