{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2001.100","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 2001.100","heading":"RETURN OF DEPOSITION TO STATE AGENCY.","body":"(a) A deposition may be returned to the state agency before which the contested case is pending by mail or by a party interested in taking the deposition or another person.\n(b) For a deposition returned by mail, the state agency shall:\n(1) endorse on the deposition the fact that it was received from the post office; and\n(2) have it signed by the agency employee receiving the deposition.\n(c) For a deposition returned by means other than mail, the person delivering it to the state agency shall execute an affidavit before the agency stating that:\n(1) the person received it from the hands of the officer before whom it was taken;\n(2) it has not been out of the person's possession since the person received it; and\n(3) it has not been altered.\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#2001.100","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"98f32a58fb142c930009aac7db23fb34a57cdc1e03678dc4a3e8f8228d15da0a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2001.099","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2001.101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}