Texas Estates Code

§ 52.001 — PROBATE DOCKET

ES § 52.001Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part B. PROCEDURAL MATTERS · Ch. 52. FILING AND RECORDKEEPING · Art. A. RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS

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(a)The county clerk shall maintain a record book titled "Judge's Probate Docket" and shall record in the book:

(1)the name of each person with respect to whom, or with respect to whose estate, proceedings are commenced or sought to be commenced;

(2)the name of each executor, administrator, or applicant for letters testamentary or of administration;

(3)the date each original application for probate proceedings is filed;

(4)a notation of each order, judgment, decree, and proceeding that occurs in each estate, including the date it occurs; and

(5)the docket number of each estate as assigned under Subsection (b).

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Legislative history

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (S.B. 1303), Sec. 8.001, eff. January 1, 2014.