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.
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