Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code 95A.0001 – Evidence of Failure to Forbid Handguns
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Terms Used In Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code 95A.0001
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
The fact that a card, sign, or other document described by § 30.06(c)(3) or 30.07(c)(3), Penal Code, is not posted on the property of a business or any other evidence that a person failed to exercise the person’s option to forbid the carrying of a handgun by a license holder on the property:
(1) is not admissible as evidence in a trial on the merits in an action:
(A) against a person, including a business or other entity, who owns, controls, or manages the property; and
(B) in which the cause of action arises from an injury sustained on the property; and
(2) does not support a cause of action described by Subdivision (1) against a person described by that subdivision.