{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-19.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 19.003","heading":"APPLICATION FOR RELIEF.","body":"(a) To supply a record that has been lost, destroyed, or removed:\n(1) a person interested in an instrument or in a judgment, order, or decree of the district court may file an application with the district clerk of the county in which the record was lost or destroyed or from which the record was removed;\n(2) a person interested in a judgment, order, or decree of a county court may file an application with the clerk of the court to which the record belonged; or\n(3) a person interested in a judgment, order, or decree of the business court may file an application with the clerk of the business court.\n(b) The application must be in writing and must set forth the facts that entitle the applicant to relief.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 912 (H.B. 40), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL","SUBTITLE B. TRIAL MATTERS","CHAPTER 19. LOST RECORDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.19.htm#19.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"9a43355407f9a02db4d24b42f75fc4131a61336145e59394156c9e942736674f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-19.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-19.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}