| (a) A county clerk must verify the age and identity
and, if applicable, proof of the removal of disability of minority
of an applicant who appears before the clerk through remote technology.
The county clerk may do so by:
(1) examining via remote video an acceptable form of
proof of age and identity specified in Section 2.005 of the Family
Code and, if applicable, the court order described in Section 2.003
of the Family Code;
(2) examining an electronically transmitted copy of
an acceptable form of proof of age and identity listed in Section
2.005 of the Family Code and, if applicable, the court order described
in Section 2.003 of the Family Code;
(3) witnessing an oath by a notary who is in the applicant's
presence verifying the authenticity of the applicant's proof of age
and identity and, if applicable, a court order described in Section
2.003 of the Family Code; or
(4) collecting an affidavit of a notary swearing to
the age, identity, and, if applicable, legal capacity of the applicant.
(b) A county clerk who has a reasonable basis to question
the authenticity of any documentation offered to establish an applicant's
age, identity, or legal capacity may decline to issue the license
through remote technology.
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