Sec. 118.013.  REAL PROPERTY RECORDS FILING.  (a)  The fee for "Real Property Records Filing" under Section 118.011 is for filing and recording, including indexing, in the real property records in the office of the county clerk a document that is authorized or required to be filed in those records.
(b)  A county clerk who files, registers, or records an instrument by manual copying instead of copying by photocopy, photostating, or microphotographic process may substitute for the prescribed page fee a fee of 20 cents per 100 words for each page having more than 500 words.
(c)  The fee does not apply to:
(1)  map records;
(2)  condominium records;
(3)  notary public records;
(4)  marriage records;
(5)  vital statistics records;
(6)  documents filed in the records of county civil or criminal courts or probate courts;  or
(7)  personal property, chattels, and personal records in the office of the county clerk.
(d)  The fee is in addition to any other specific fee provided for by other statute.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.