Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 38.44 · Chapter 38. EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL ACTIONS
ADMISSIBILITY OF ELECTRONICALLY PRESERVED DOCUMENT.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An electronically preserved document has the same legal significance and admissibility as if the document had been maintained in hard-copy form. If a party opposes admission of the document on the grounds that the document has been materially altered, the proponent of the document must disprove the allegation by a preponderance of the evidence.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 312 (S.B. 611), Sec. 5, eff. June 17, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.38.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 4604aa196531543c89f7ae0110971962cabdba2093d4f9b612fa3b8a81ffefd1
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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