Tex. Est. Code § 252.105 · Subchapter C. ACTIONS BY COUNTY CLERK ON DEATH OF TESTATOR
NOTICE AND DELIVERY OF WILL TO DEVISEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If a county clerk inspects a will under Section 252.103, the clerk shall notify the devisees named in the will that the will is on deposit with the clerk if:
(1) the will does not name an executor;
(2) the person named as executor in the will:
(A) has died; or
(B) fails to take the will before the 31st day after the date the notice required by Section 252.104 is mailed to the person; or
(3) the notice mailed to the person named as executor is returned as undelivered.
(b) On request, the county clerk shall deliver the will to any or all of the devisees notified under Subsection (a).
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. 5, eff. September 1, 2017.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.252.htm
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