{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-14.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 14.008","heading":"HEARING.","body":"(a) The court may hold a hearing under this chapter at a jail or a facility operated by or under contract with the department or may conduct the hearing with video communications technology that permits the court to see and hear the inmate and that permits the inmate to see and hear the court and any other witness.\n(b) A hearing conducted under this section by video communications technology shall be recorded on videotape. The recording is sufficient to serve as a permanent record of the hearing.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 378, Sec. 2, eff. June 8, 1995.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL","SUBTITLE A. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 14. INMATE LITIGATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.14.htm#14.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"55312ac2dc88a1142edfd1e7aec3e43e189e19fb33343d20b5d6d81cafbf1399","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-14.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-14.009"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}