{"id":"AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-114","kind":"context","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Dallas County, Texas (County Clerk)","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"Dallas County Clerk John F. Warren","authority":"Tex. Loc. Gov\u0027t Code secs. 191.001 et seq., 192.001; Tex. Health \u0026 Safety Code sec. 191.001 et seq. (vital records); Dallas County \u0027Stay Home Stay Safe\u0027 order (Mar. 23, 2020) under Tex. Gov\u0027t Code sec. 418.108","instrument":"Press release, \u0027Dallas County Clerk\u0027s Office Closure and Continued Service - COVID-19\u0027 (For Immediate Release, Tuesday, March 24, 2020)","title":"Dallas County Clerk\u0027s Office Closure and Continued Service - COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-03-24","effective":"2020-03-24","end":"\u0027until the Stay Home Stay safe Order has been lifted\u0027","startDate":"2020-03-24","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","CLOSE"],"addressees":["the public","title companies","funeral homes (vital records essential services only)","individuals filing assumed-name certificates","attorneys and self-represented litigants","probate and misdemeanor filers"],"clause":"In response to the COVID-19 crisis and the Stay Home Stay Safe Order, The Dallas County Clerk\u0027s Office will be closing all of its offices to the public. Our operations will be limited to essential services only. All transactions will be done either by electronic filing, mail, document drop off. Vital Records: We will not accept or process applications from individuals seeking copies of birth, death or issue marriage license at this time. We will only provide essential services to funeral homes. Recording Division: Will process deed records from title companies only. We encourage all title companies to submit them electronically but we will accept them by drop off in a sealed envelope. We will not accept applications for Assumed Name for Business (DBA) or personal documents from individual until the Stay Home Stay safe Order has been lifted. Civil Courts: The division is restricting face-to-face services to Temporary Restraining Order (TROs) filings, bond payments and process server citation pick-ups.... County Clerk Administration will be closed. Criminal Misdemeanor Courts: Will only accept filing online.","enforcement":"Administrative closure under the county judge\u0027s disaster order","functions":["CL recording (title companies only; individuals\u0027 documents refused)","OP assumed-name filings suspended for individuals","CT civil, probate and misdemeanor filings by e-file and mail","FH funeral homes (vital records essential services)","OF","CB"],"notes":"The clearest recorder instrument retrieved: it names the divisions closed, the customers refused (individuals; new-business DBA filers) and the customers served (title companies; funeral homes), and ties the closure to the county\u0027s stay-home order.","sourceUrl":"https://www.dallascounty.org/Assets/uploads/docs/county-clerk/covid-19/PressRelease-OfficeClosure-COVID-19_rev032420.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200329144333/https://www.dallascounty.org/Assets/uploads/docs/county-clerk/covid-19/PressRelease-OfficeClosure-COVID-19_rev032420.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":469712,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-114","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-114","citation":"Dallas County Clerk John F. Warren, Press release, \u0027Dallas County Clerk\u0027s Office Closure and Continued Service - COVID-19\u0027 (For Immediate Release, Tuesday, March 24, 2020) (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-114)","stateName":"Texas","related":["AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-065"]}