{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2001.081","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 2001.081","heading":"RULES OF EVIDENCE.","body":"The rules of evidence as applied in a nonjury civil case in a district court of this state shall apply to a contested case except that evidence inadmissible under those rules may be admitted if the evidence is:\n(1) necessary to ascertain facts not reasonably susceptible of proof under those rules;\n(2) not precluded by statute; and\n(3) of a type on which a reasonably prudent person commonly relies in the conduct of the person's affairs.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE A. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE AND PRACTICE","CHAPTER 2001. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE","SUBCHAPTER D. CONTESTED CASES: EVIDENCE, WITNESSES, AND DISCOVERY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2001.htm#2001.081","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"cf15aed9e16c2eb45c28a8b877250329d0e436d813fe00e5e0315cac0835754b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2001.062","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2001.082"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}