Texas Rules of Evidence

Article V · Privileges

Rule 501. Privileges in General

Effective July 2, 2026

Cite: Tex. R. Evid. 501

Unless a Constitution, a statute, or these or other rules prescribed under statutory authority provide otherwise, no person has a privilege to:

refuse to be a witness;

refuse to disclose any matter;

refuse to produce any object or writing; or

prevent another from being a witness, disclosing any matter, or producing any object or writing.