Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 132.001

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 132.001 - Unsworn Declaration

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an unsworn declaration may be used in lieu of a written sworn declaration, verification, certification, oath, or affidavit required by statute or required by a rule, order, or requirement adopted as provided by law.

(b) This section does not apply to a lien required to be filed with a county clerk, an instrument concerning real or personal property required to be filed with a county clerk, or an oath of office or an oath required to be taken before a specified official other than a notary public.

(c) An unsworn declaration made under this section must be:

(1) in writing; and

(2) subscribed by the person making the declaration as true under penalty of perjury.

(d) Except as provided by Subsections (e) and (f), an unsworn declaration made under this section must include a jurat in substantially the following form:

"My name is __________ _________ ____________, my

(First) (Middle) (Last)

date of birth is _________________, and my address is

_____________, ____________, _________, ____________,

(Street) (City) (State) (Zip Code)

and __________________. I declare under penalty of

(Country)

perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed in _______ County, State of ________, on the ________ day of ________, ________.

(Month) (Year)

____________________

Declarant"

(e) An unsworn declaration made under this section by an inmate must include a jurat in substantially the following form:

"My name is __________ _________ ____________, my

(First) (Middle) (Last)

date of birth is _____________________, and my inmate

identifying number, if any, is __________________. I

am presently incarcerated in ________________________

(Corrections unit name)

in _____________, _________, _______, ____________. I

(City) (County) (State) (Zip Code)

declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on the _____ day of ________, _______.

(Month) (Year)

____________________

Declarant"

(f) An unsworn declaration made under this section by an employee of a state agency or a political subdivision in the performance of the employee's job duties, must include a jurat in substantially the following form:

"My name is __________ _________ ____________, my

(First) (Middle) (Last)

and I am an employee of the following governmental agency: __________________. I am executing this declaration as part of my assigned duties and responsibilities. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed in _____________ County, State of _________, on the _____ day of ________, _______.

(Month) (Year)

____________________

Declarant"

Tex. Civ. Prac. and Rem. Code § 132.001

Amended by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 515,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2013.

Amended by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 946,Sec. 1, eff. 6/14/2013.

Amended by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 847, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2011.

Amended by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87, Sec. 25.011, eff. 9/1/2009.

Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1049, Sec. 60, eff. 9/1/1987.