Tex. Est. Code § 256.001 · Subchapter A. EFFECTIVENESS OF WILL; PERIOD FOR PROBATE
WILL NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL PROBATED.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Except as provided by Subtitle K with respect to foreign wills, a will is not effective to prove title to, or the right to possession of, any property disposed of by the will until the will is admitted to probate.
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.256.htm
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- sha256 ff141febbe87d3fc10186fd0833895dea0d9a00e4dbba40449af7c1a4b7bb05d
- 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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