Texas Statutes § 251.007 Timeliness of Action By Mail
Statute Text
When this title requires a notice, report, or other document or paper to be delivered, submitted, or filed within a specified period or before a specified deadline, a delivery, submission, or filing by first-class United States mail or common or contract carrier is timely, except as otherwise provided by this title, if:
(1)
it is properly addressed with postage or handling charges prepaid; and
(2)
it bears a post office cancellation mark or a receipt mark of a common or contract carrier indicating a time within the period or before the deadline, or if the person required to take the action furnishes satisfactory proof that it was deposited in the mail or with a common or contract carrier within the period or before the deadline.
History
Amended by Acts 1987 , 70th Leg., ch. 899 , Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1987 .
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