Taylor County will not remove signs prohibiting guns in its courthouse despite the Texas attorney general's letters to two other counties who enacted similar bans stating that the signs violate state law, County Judge Downing Bolls said Tuesday.

The office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued letters to Dallas County and McLennan County in the past week, ordering officials to remove signs banning guns at the Dallas County government complex and the McLennan County Courthouse, The Dallas Morning News reported.

Bolls said the county was aware of the developments but had not heard from the attorney general regarding signs at the Taylor County Courthouse.

"We have been following the issue," he said.

But until the county receives some clarification from the state on where in courthouses licensed carriers may bring guns, Bolls said, the signs posted outside the courthouse will remain. He said he is expecting clarification to come from either the Legislature or the courts.

"We'll just have to wait and see what happens," he said.

A gun rights advocacy group, Texas Carry, filed a complaint with Taylor County in January about the signs posted on the courthouse banning guns. The county responded to the letter, insisting it has the right to post the signs and that they don't violate state law.

Texas Carry Executive Director Terry Holcomb said in February that he planned to file a complaint with the attorney general's office because Taylor County refused to remove the signs.

Bolls said he had not received any correspondence from Paxton's office.

Holcomb also filed the complaints against Dallas and McLennan counties, according to the Morning News.

The Commissioners Court voted in December to prohibit guns in the Taylor County Courthouse, 300 Oak St. That decision came after Paxton issued an opinion stating that courthouses that house offices in addition to courts, such as in Taylor County, should permit the open carry of guns.

Judges in Taylor County issued an order in January deeming the entire courthouse building and the Old Taylor County Courthouse as areas essential to the operations of the court, one of the few exceptions to the law for government buildings.

Under the law, governmental entities that improperly prohibit open carry could face financial penalties.

Dallas and McLennan counties have 15 days from when they received their letter to either remove the signs or challenge the attorney general's opinion, according to the Morning News.

Dallas County officials have not determined how they will proceed, the Morning News reported.

McLennan County officials are weighing their options before responding, according to the Waco Tribune-Herald.

Almost 60 complaints from across the state have been filed with the attorney general's office, encompassing zoos, city halls, courthouses and government centers, according to the Morning News.