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 "api_version": "1.0.0",
 "id": "US-TX-PIA",
 "title": "Texas Public Information Act Request Letter",
 "jurisdiction": "US-TX",
 "state": "Texas",
 "category": "public-records-requests",
 "category_label": "Public records & FOIA request letters",
 "document_type": "original_request_letter",
 "official_status": "Original request-letter template written by ALL AI FORMS for a public-records law; not an official government form.",
 "issuing_agency": null,
 "official_source_url": null,
 "legal_basis": "Tex. Gov't Code ch. 552 (no standard form)",
 "summary": "This is a request letter under the Texas Public Information Act (Government Code chapter 552), for records held by a Texas governmental body.",
 "price": {
  "amount": 4.99,
  "currency": "USD",
  "billing": "one-time"
 },
 "government_fee_note": "Submitting a public information request is free. Any copy or labor charges a governmental body bills under Texas rules are not included. You pay them yourself, directly to the governmental body, if it bills you. We never collect or pay them.",
 "pay_url": "https://buy.stripe.com/dRmdR2180fO04fZ10Q0VO36",
 "page_url": "https://allaiforms.com/forms/texas-public-information-act-request-letter/",
 "json_url": "https://allaiforms.com/api/forms/US-TX-PIA.json",
 "free_alternative": true,
 "last_verified": "2026-11-11",
 "listing_updated": "2026-11-13",
 "faq": [
  {
   "q": "How do I get the Texas Public Information Act Request Letter?",
   "a": "There is no required form for a Texas public information request. You can write your own letter or use a governmental body's free online request portal without paying us, and submitting a request is free. Or fill it in online here: pay $4.99 one-time with Stripe, answer the guided questions, and download your filled-in PDF."
  },
  {
   "q": "Where do I send it?",
   "a": "Send it yourself to the governmental body's officer for public information, by the email, mail or online portal address it designates. Many bodies only accept requests sent to a designated address. We don't send anything for you."
  },
  {
   "q": "How much does it cost?",
   "a": "Our fee is $4.99. Submitting a public information request is free. Any copy or labor charges a governmental body bills under Texas rules are not included. You pay them yourself, directly to the governmental body, if it bills you. We never collect or pay them. Our $4.99 is a one-time charge with no subscription."
  },
  {
   "q": "Can I fill it out online?",
   "a": "Yes. After you pay $4.99 with Stripe, our guided questionnaire places your answers on the form and you get: The public information request letter PDF, filled in from your answers. You check every entry, sign and file it yourself."
  }
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}