Tex. Est. Code § 252.2015 · Subchapter E. DUTY AND LIABILITY OF CUSTODIAN OF ESTATE PAPERS
NOTICE AND DELIVERY OF WILL TO EXECUTOR OR DEVISEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) On the deposit of a will under Section 252.201 that names an executor, the clerk of the court shall:
(1) notify the person named as executor in the manner prescribed by Section 252.104; and
(2) deliver, on request, the will to the person named as executor.
(b) On the deposit of a will under Section 252.201, the clerk of the court shall notify the devisees named in the will in the manner prescribed by Section 252.105(a) 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 Subsection (a) is mailed to the person; or
(3) the notice mailed to the person named as executor is returned as undelivered.
(c) On request, the clerk of the court shall deliver the will to any or all of the devisees notified under Subsection (b).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 701 (H.B. 2207), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2017.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.252.htm
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