Texas Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Part 4 - OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Chapter 71 - GENERAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Subchapter A - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Section 71.4 - Receipt of Letters and Papers by FAX

Letters and other papers received in the Office of the Secretary of State will be stamped with the date of receipt. The time of day will not be stamped except as established by rule for specific documents. No papers are received on Saturdays, Sundays, or state holidays. Document filings submitted by transmission over a facsimile (FAX) machine to the Office of the Secretary of State on Saturdays, Sundays, state holidays, or after the business hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. will be deemed to be received by the Office of the Secretary of State on the next business day or when actually received by an employee of the secretary of state.