Tex. Local Government Code § 201.009
ACCESS TO RECORDS
Texas · Texas Local Government Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Local Government Code § 201.009, ACCESS TO RECORDS, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/690404
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(a) Local government records are subject to Chapter 552, Government Code.
(b) Any local government record to which public access is denied under Chapter 552, Government Code, including a birth record maintained by a local registrar, is, if still in existence, open to public inspection 75 years after it was originally created or received. However, a death record maintained by a local registrar is, if still in existence, open to public inspection 55 years after it was originally created or received. This subsection does not limit the authority of a governing body or an elected county officer to establish retention periods for records under Section 203.042.
(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to a local government record whose public disclosure is prohibited by an order of a court or by another state law.