Texas Estates Code

§ 258.051 — NOTICE TO HEIRS

ES § 258.051Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part F. WILLS · Ch. 258. CITATIONS AND NOTICES RELATING TO PROBATE OF WILL · Art. B. NOTICES WITH RESPECT TO APPLICATION TO PROBATE WILL AFTER THE PERIOD FOR PROBATE

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(a)Except as provided by Subsection (c), an applicant for the probate of a will under Section 256.003(a) must give notice by service of process to each of the testator's heirs whose address can be ascertained by the applicant with reasonable diligence.

(b)The notice required by Subsection (a) must:

(1)contain a statement that:

(A)the testator's property will pass to the testator's heirs if the will is not admitted to probate; and

(B)the person offering the testator's will for probate may not be in default for failing to present the will for probate during the four-year period immediately following the testator's death; and

(2)be given before the probate of the testator's will.

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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.