Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
INSURANCE CODE |
Title 2. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE |
Subtitle A. ADMINISTRATION OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE |
Chapter 36. DEPARTMENT RULES AND PROCEDURES |
Subchapter C. GENERAL SUBPOENA POWERS; WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION OF RECORDS |
Sec. 36.157. USE AS EVIDENCE IN CERTAIN CASES
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(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 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.