Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 19.003
This is the official text of Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 19.003, part of Texas’s Civil Practice and Remedies Code — sets procedural rules and available remedies for civil lawsuits.
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§ 19.003. APPLICATION FOR RELIEF.
Official statutory text
(a) To supply a record that has been lost, destroyed, or removed:
(1) a person interested in an instrument or in a judgment, order, or decree of the district court may file an application with the district clerk of the county in which the record was lost or destroyed or from which the record was removed;
(2) a person interested in a judgment, order, or decree of a county court may file an application with the clerk of the court to which the record belonged; or
(3) a person interested in a judgment, order, or decree of the business court may file an application with the clerk of the business court.
(b) The application must be in writing and must set forth the facts that entitle the applicant to relief.
(1) a person interested in an instrument or in a judgment, order, or decree of the district court may file an application with the district clerk of the county in which the record was lost or destroyed or from which the record was removed;
(2) a person interested in a judgment, order, or decree of a county court may file an application with the clerk of the court to which the record belonged; or
(3) a person interested in a judgment, order, or decree of the business court may file an application with the clerk of the business court.
(b) The application must be in writing and must set forth the facts that entitle the applicant to relief.
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