Texas Estates Code

§ 151.002 — DELIVERY OF DOCUMENT WITH COURT ORDER

ES § 151.002Title 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 who orders an examination of a decedent's documents or safe deposit box under Section 151.001 may order the person who possesses or controls the documents or who leases the safe deposit box to permit the court representative to take possession of a document described by Section 151.001(a)(2).

(b)The court representative shall deliver:

(1)a will to the clerk of a court that:

(A)has probate jurisdiction; and

(B)is located in the same county as the court of the judge who ordered the examination under Section 151.001;

(2)a burial plot deed to the person designated by the judge in the order for the examination; or

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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.