Texas Estates Code

§ 151.004 — DELIVERY OF DOCUMENT WITHOUT COURT ORDER

ES § 151.004Title 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)Subject to Subsection (c), a person who permits an examination of a decedent's document or safe deposit box under Section 151.003 may deliver:

(1)a document appearing to be the decedent's will to:

(A)the clerk of a court that:

(i)has probate jurisdiction; and

(ii)is located in the county in which the decedent resided; or

(B)a person named in the document as an executor of the decedent's estate;

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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.