Tex. Est. Code § 252.101 · Subchapter C. ACTIONS BY COUNTY CLERK ON DEATH OF TESTATOR
NOTIFICATION BY COUNTY CLERK.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A county clerk shall notify each person named on the endorsement of the will wrapper that the will is on deposit in the clerk's office if:
(1) an affidavit is submitted to the clerk stating that the testator has died; or
(2) the clerk receives other notice or proof of the testator's death sufficient to convince the clerk that the testator has died.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 701 (H.B. 2207), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2017.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.252.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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