Tarrant County Clerk notice of March 20, 2020: no public access to physical office spaces from Monday, March 23, 2020 (as archived March 29, 2020)

The record

Jurisdiction

Tarrant County, Texas (County Clerk: real estate records, vital records, civil and probate courts) · Texas

Level

County

Authority

Tex. Loc. Gov't Code secs. 191.001 et seq., 192.001 (recording); Tex. Gov't Code sec. 418.108 (Tarrant County Judge's disaster declaration of March 13, 2020)

Issued

2020-03-20 Mar. 20, 2020

Effective

2020-03-23

End

Not stated; Texas' GA-18 para. 2(i) limited local recording offices statewide until May 1, 2020 (TX-011) (read as 2020-05-01)

In force

Mar. 23, 2020 to May 1, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Business closureCourts and public offices

Addressees

• the public
• real-estate recording customers
• vital-records, civil and probate filers

Functions reached

• CL recording of deeds and liens (no walk-in recording; e-recording and mail)
• PM real-estate records
• CT civil and probate filings
• OF
• CB

Collection

State motor-vehicle offices, secretaries of state and recorders AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS

Operative words

With the recent developments regarding COVID-19, the Tarrant County Clerk's office will increase its social distancing efforts. Effective Monday, March 23rd, while the County Clerk's Office will continue to offer all services during normal business hours, it will not allow the public inside physical office spaces. Instead, in-person services will be conducted through modified processes utilizing phone consultation, internet, email or mail. There will be no public access to physical office spaces.

Enforcement

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