Tex. Ins. Code § 36.157 · Subchapter C. GENERAL SUBPOENA POWERS; WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION OF RECORDS
USE AS EVIDENCE IN CERTAIN CASES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies to testimony or records resulting in a case involving an allegation of engaging in the business of insurance without a license.
(b) On certification by the commissioner under official seal, testimony taken or records produced under this subchapter or acquired in response to a request for information under Section 101.104 and held by the department are admissible in evidence in a case without:
(1) prior proof of correctness; and
(2) proof, other than the certificate of the commissioner, that the testimony or records were received from the person testifying or producing the records.
(c) The certified records, or certified copies of the records, are prima facie evidence of the facts disclosed by the records.
(d) This section does not limit any other provision of this subchapter or any law that makes provision for the admission or evidentiary value of certain evidence.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 101, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 60 (S.B. 1809), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.36.htm
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