Sec. 117.081.  LIABILITY OF COUNTY AND DISTRICT CLERKS.  (a)  A county clerk or a district clerk is not responsible for a loss of registry funds resulting from the failure or negligence of a depository.
(b)  This section does not release a county clerk or a district clerk from:
(1)  liability for a loss of registry funds resulting from the clerk's official misconduct, negligence, or misappropriation of the funds;  or
(2)  responsibility for keeping the registry funds safe until the clerk deposits them in a depository selected under Subchapter B.
(c)  After a county clerk or a district clerk deposits in a depository selected under Subchapter B the registry funds held by the clerk, the clerk is relieved of the responsibility for keeping the funds secure.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 17(d), eff. Aug. 28, 1989;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 505, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.