Tex. Health & Safety Code § 221.104 · Subchapter E. ADMINISTRATION BY SECRETARY OF STATE
DOCUMENTS AS PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The following documents shall be received by a court, public office, or official body as prima facie evidence of the facts, or the existence or nonexistence of the facts, stated in the document:
(1) a certificate issued by the secretary of state under this chapter;
(2) a copy, certified by the secretary of state, of a document filed in the office of the secretary of state under this chapter; and
(3) a certificate of the secretary of state under the state seal as to the existence or nonexistence of a fact relating to a development corporation that would not appear from a document or certificate under Subdivision (1) or (2).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 300, Sec. 33, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.221.htm
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