{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-1157.062","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 1157.062","heading":"CERTAIN ACTIONS ON CLAIMS WITH LOST OR DESTROYED EVIDENCE VOID.","body":"(a) Before a claim the evidence for which is lost or destroyed is approved, the claim must be proved by disinterested testimony taken in open court or by oral or written deposition.\n(b) The allowance or approval of a claim the evidence for which is lost or destroyed is void if the claim is:\n(1) allowed or approved without the affidavit under Section 1157.006; or\n(2) approved without satisfactory proof.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 3. GUARDIANSHIP AND RELATED PROCEDURES","SUBTITLE E. ADMINISTRATION OF GUARDIANSHIP","CHAPTER 1157. PRESENTMENT AND PAYMENT OF CLAIMS","SUBCHAPTER B. ACTION ON CLAIMS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.1157.htm#1157.062","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"0110564eea059ae3fa9451243305be2a18cf78acf8d225fd3d08eebfab79385d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-1157.061","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-1157.063"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}