Texas Government Code 4001.154 – Certified Copies of Certain Documents or Instruments as Evidence
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a copy of a paper, document, or instrument filed in the office of the commissioner and certified by the commissioner must be admitted in evidence in a court and elsewhere in this state in any case in which the original would be admitted in evidence.
(b) In any proceeding in a court, the court may, on cause shown, require the production of the original paper, document, or instrument.
Terms Used In Texas Government Code 4001.154
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Signed: includes any symbol executed or adopted by a person with present intention to authenticate a writing. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) In a prosecution, suit, or other action or proceeding in a court of this state that arises under this title, a certificate showing compliance or noncompliance with a provision of this title by a dealer, agent, investment adviser, or investment adviser representative constitutes prima facie evidence of the person‘s compliance or noncompliance with that provision if the certificate:
(1) is under the state seal; and
(2) is signed by the commissioner.
(d) A certificate described by Subsection (c) is admissible in evidence in an action to enforce this title.