Texas Estates Code

§ 151.001 — EXAMINATION OF DOCUMENTS OR SAFE DEPOSIT BOX WITH COURT ORDER

ES § 151.001Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part D. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATE · Ch. 151. EXAMINATION OF DOCUMENTS AND SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES

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(a)A judge of a court that has probate jurisdiction of a decedent's estate may order a person to permit a court representative named in the order to examine a decedent's documents or safe deposit box if it is shown to the judge that:

(1)the person may possess or control the documents or that the person leased the safe deposit box to the decedent; and

(2)the documents or safe deposit box may contain:

(A)a will of the decedent;

(B)a deed to a burial plot in which the decedent is to be buried; or

(C)an insurance policy issued in the decedent's name and payable to a beneficiary named in the policy.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.