Texas Legal Research: Free Online Resources

Official website of the Governor of the State of Texas.

Official website of the Texas Secretary of State. Contains links to the Texas Business Organizations Code, Business/Nonprofit Forms, the Texas Register, the Texas Administrative Code, rule transfers and agency name change information, and includes records filed relating to corporations, limited partnerships, etc. Also contains information and forms for voter registration.

Official website for the Attorney General of the State of Texas. Includes Attorney General Opinions and Open Records Opinions. Information and forms for child support services.

Attorney General Opinions are written interpretations of existing law. All opinions issued since January 4, 1939 are online. Opinions are indexed by the name of each Attorney General and by subject, and are searchable.

Official website of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Contains information and forms for Sales and Use Tax and Franchise Tax.

Hosted by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, this site provides an alphabetical listing of each Texas state agency with links to a page that provides contact information, addresses, phone numbers and links to enabling legislation for that agency. Links to agency websites are also provided.

Webcasts meetings of various Texas agencies, including the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Railroad Commission of Texas. the State Office of Administrative Hearings, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, and the Texas Water Development Board.