Sec. 15.002.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
(1)  "Document" means information that is:
(A)  inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form; and
(B)  eligible to be recorded in the real property records maintained by a county clerk.
(2)  "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.
(3)  "Electronic document" means a document that is received by a county clerk in an electronic form.
(4)  "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document.
(5)  "Paper document" means a document that is received by a county clerk in a form that is not electronic.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 699 (S.B. 335), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.