Tex. R. Evid. 501

Privileges in General

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Rule 501. Privileges in General
Unless a Constitution, a statute, or these or other rules prescribed under statutory authority provide
otherwise, no person has a privilege to:
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(a) refuse to be a witness;
(b) refuse to disclose any matter;
(c) refuse to produce any object or writing; or
(d) prevent another from being a witness, disclosing any matter, or producing any object or
writing.

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