{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-21.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 21.008","heading":"PRIVILEGE OF INTERPRETER FOR THE DEAF.","body":"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.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL","SUBTITLE B. TRIAL MATTERS","CHAPTER 21. INTERPRETERS","SUBCHAPTER A. INTERPRETERS FOR THE DEAF"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.21.htm#21.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"19e48f1463c56e7eeb034167672c433af976a4255b03a72bd3907c02fbc24058","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-21.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-21.009"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}