Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 133.002 - Armed Services Certificate of Death If a branch of the armed services issues a certificate declaring a person dead, the date of death is presumed to have occurred for all purposes as stated in the certificate. The certificate may be admitted in any court of competent jurisdiction as prima facie evidence of the date and place of the person's death.
Tex. Civ. Prac. and Rem. Code § 133.002
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 3.15(a), eff. 9/1/1987. Renumbered from Civil Practice & Remedies Code Sec. 131.002 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 16.01(4), eff. 8/28/1989.