Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 31.014 — COMMISSIONER'S LIABILITY

NR § 31.014Title 2. PUBLIC DOMAIN · Part C. ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 31. GENERAL LAND OFFICE · Art. B. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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The commissioner and a surety on a bond authorized under Chapter 653, Government Code, are responsible to any person who is injured by removal, withdrawal, or alteration of any record or file in the land office, unless the commissioner is able to show that the act has taken place with the permission of the person owning the file or record.

Legislative history

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2371, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 285, Sec. 20, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.