Texas Estates Code

§ 256.001 — WILL NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL PROBATED

ES § 256.001Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part F. WILLS · Ch. 256. PROBATE OF WILLS GENERALLY · Art. A. EFFECTIVENESS OF WILL; PERIOD FOR PROBATE

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Except as provided by Subtitle K with respect to foreign wills, a will is not effective to prove title to, or the right to possession of, any property disposed of by the will until the will is admitted to probate.

Legislative history

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