Tex. Est. Code § 252.202 · Subchapter E. DUTY AND LIABILITY OF CUSTODIAN OF ESTATE PAPERS
PERSONAL SERVICE ON CUSTODIAN OF ESTATE PAPERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
On a sworn written complaint that a person has custody of the last will of a testator or any papers belonging to the estate of a testator or intestate, the judge of the court that has jurisdiction of the estate shall have the person cited by personal service to appear and show cause why the person should not deliver:
(1) the will to the court for probate; or
(2) the papers to the executor or administrator.
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.
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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- 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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