Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 38.32. Presumption Of Death
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Art. 38.32. PRESUMPTION OF DEATH. (a) Upon introduction and
admission into evidence of a valid certificate of death wherein the
time of death of the decedent has been entered by a licensed
physician, a presumption exists that death occurred at the time
stated in the certificate of death.
(b) A presumption existing pursuant to Section (a) of this
Article is sufficient to support a finding as to time of death but
may be rebutted through a showing by a preponderance of the evidence
that death occurred at some other time.
Added by Acts 1969, 61st Leg., p. 1034, ch. 337, Sec. 1, eff. May 27,
1969.
Article: 38.21 38.22 38.23 38.25 38.27 38.30 38.31 38.32 38.33 38.34 38.35 38.36 38.37 38.38 38.39
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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