Section 118.011 - Fee Schedule(a) A county clerk shall collect the following fees for services rendered to any person: (1) Personal Property Records Filing (Sec. 118.012): (A) for the first page$ 5.00; (B) for each additional page or part of a page on which there are visible marks of any kind$ 4.00; (2) Real Property Records Filing (Sec. 118.013): (A) for the first page$ 5.00; (B) for each additional page or part of a page on which there are visible marks of any kind$ 4.00; (C) for all or part of each 8-1/2" X 14" attachment or rider$ 4.00; (D) for each name in excess of five names that has to be indexed in all records in which the document must be indexed$ 0.25; (3) Certified Papers (Sec. 118.014): (A) for the clerk's certificate$ 5.00; (B) printed on paper, plus a fee for each page or part of a page$ 1.00; (C) that is a paper document converted to electronic format, for each page or part of a page$1; (D) that is an electronic copy of an electronic document: (i) for each document up to 10 pages in length$1; (ii) for each page or part of a page of a document over 10 pages$0.10; (4) Noncertified Papers (Sec. 118.0145): (A) printed on paper, for each page or part of a page$ 1.00; (B) that is a paper document converted to electronic format, for each page or part of a page$1; (C) that is an electronic copy of an electronic document: (i) for each document up to 10 pages in length$1; (ii) for each page or part of a page of a document over 10 pages $0.10; (5) Birth or Death Certificate (Sec. 118.015)same as state registrar; (6) Bond Approval (Sec. 118.016)$ 3.00; (7) Marriage License (Sec. 118.018)$60.00; (8) Declaration of Informal Marriage (Sec. 118.019)$25.00; (9) Brand Registration (Sec. 118.020)$ 5.00; (10) Oath Administration (Sec. 118.021)$ 1.00. (b) The county clerk may set and collect the following fee from any person: (1) Returned Check (Sec. 118.0215) . . . . . . not less than $15 or more than $30(2) Records Management and Preservation Fee (Sec. 118.0216) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . not more than $10(3) Mental Health Background Check for License to Carry a Handgun (Sec. 118.0217) . . . . . not more than $2(4) Marriage License for Out-of-State Applicants (Sec. 118.018) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100(c) The clerk shall charge reasonable fees for performing other duties prescribed or authorized by statute for which a fee is not prescribed by this subchapter.(d) The county clerk may not charge the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service a fee for a copy of any document on file or of record in the clerk's office relating to an individual's criminal history, regardless of whether the document is certified.(e) A county clerk who provides a copy in a format other than paper of a record maintained by the clerk shall provide the copy and charge a fee in accordance with Sections 552.231 and 552.262, Government Code.(f) The county clerk of a county shall, if the commissioners court of the county adopts the fee as part of the county's annual budget, collect the following fee from any person: (1) Records Archive Fee (Sec. 118.025) . . . . . . . not more than $10(2) Records Technology and Infrastructure Fee (Sec. 118.026) . . . . . . . $2.00(g) The county clerk of a county shall, if the commissioners court of the county adopts the fee, collect the following fee from any person: Real Property Records Filing (Sec. 118.0131) . . . . . . . not more than $10
Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 118.011
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