Art. 581-30. CERTIFIED COPIES OF PAPERS FILED WITH COMMISSIONER AS EVIDENCE. Copies of all papers, instruments, or documents filed in the office of the Commissioner, certified by the Commissioner, shall be admitted to be read in evidence in all courts of law and elsewhere in this state in all cases where the original would be admitted in evidence; provided, that in any proceeding in the court having jurisdiction, the court may, on cause shown, require the production of the originals.
The Commissioner shall assume custody of all records of the Securities Divisions within the offices of the Secretary of State and of the Board of Insurance Commissioners, and henceforth these prior records shall be proven under certificate of the Commissioner.
In any prosecution, action, suit or proceeding before any of the several courts of this state based upon or arising out of or under the provisions of this Act, a certificate under the state seal, duly signed by the Commissioner, showing compliance or non-compliance with the provisions of this Act respecting compliance or non-compliance with the provisions of this Act by any dealer, agent, investment adviser, or investment adviser representative, shall constitute prima facie evidence of such compliance or of such non-compliance with the provisions of this Act, as the case may be, and shall be admissible in evidence in any action at law or in equity to enforce the provisions of this Act.
Acts 1957, 55th Leg., p. 575, ch. 269, Sec. 30.
Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 300, Sec. 10, eff. Aug. 30, 1993; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1091, Sec. 3.12, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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