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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 21.008: PRIVILEGE OF INTERPRETER FOR THE DEAF.

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  1. CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE
  2. TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL
  3. SUBTITLE B. TRIAL MATTERS
  4. CHAPTER 21. INTERPRETERS
  5. SUBCHAPTER A. INTERPRETERS FOR THE DEAF

If a deaf person communicates through an interpreter to a person under circumstances in which the communication would be privileged and the deaf person could not be required to testify about the communication, the privilege applies to the interpreter as well.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

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