Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 21.008 · Subchapter A. INTERPRETERS FOR THE DEAF
PRIVILEGE OF INTERPRETER FOR THE DEAF.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If a deaf person communicates through an interpreter to a person under circumstances in which the communication would be privileged and the deaf person could not be required to testify about the communication, the privilege applies to the interpreter as well.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.21.htm
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