Tex. Estates Code § 301.155
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 301.155, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 301.155. AUTHORIZED METHODS OF PROOF.
Official statutory text
A fact contained in an application for issuance of letters testamentary or of administration or any other fact required to be proved by this subchapter may be proved by the sworn testimony of a witness with personal knowledge of the fact that is:
(1) taken in open court; or
(2) if proved under oath to the satisfaction of the court that the witness is unavailable, taken by deposition on written questions in accordance with Section 51.203 or the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
(1) taken in open court; or
(2) if proved under oath to the satisfaction of the court that the witness is unavailable, taken by deposition on written questions in accordance with Section 51.203 or the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
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