Texas Statutes § 1.009 Time of Receipt of Mailed Document
Statute Text
(a)
When this code provides that an application, notice, or other document or paper that is delivered, submitted, or filed by mail is considered to be delivered, submitted, or filed at the time of its receipt by the appropriate authority, the time of receipt is the time at which a post office employee:
(1)
places it in the actual possession of the authority or the authority's agent; or
(2)
deposits it in the authority's mailbox or at the usual place of delivery for the authority's official mail.
(b)
If the authority cannot determine the time at which a deposit under Subsection (a)(2) occurred or whether it occurred before a specified deadline, the deposit is considered to have occurred at the time the mailbox or usual place of mail delivery, as applicable, was last inspected for removal of mail.
History
Amended by Acts 1997 , 75th Leg., ch. 864 , Sec. 2 , eff. 9/1/1997 .
Acts 1985 , 69th Leg., ch. 211 , Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/1986 .
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