Opinion No.

The Honorable Elizabeth Murray-Kolb Guadalupe County Attorney 101 East Court Street, Suite 104 Seguin, Texas 78155-5779

Re: Indexing certain real-property instruments under chapter 193 of the Local Government Code (RQ-0728-GA)

Dear Ms. Murray-Kolb:

You ask how a county clerk should index real-property instruments that have been accepted for filing and recording in accordance with Property Code section 12.0011(b)(2), which authorizes a county clerk to file and record certain instruments concerning real property that the clerk has received in a nonelectronic form.1 See TEX. PROP. CODE ANN. §…