Tex. Est. Code § 402.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DIGITAL ASSETS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The court, either at the time the independent executor of an estate is appointed or at any time before the administration of the estate is closed, may enter an order that:
(1) directs disclosure of the content of electronic communications of the decedent to the independent executor as provided by Section 2001.101 and that contains any court finding described by Section 2001.101(b)(3);
(2) with respect to a catalog of electronic communications sent or received by the decedent and other digital assets of the decedent, other than the content of an electronic communication, contains any court finding described by Section 2001.102(b)(4); or
(3) directs under Section 2001.231 a custodian to comply with a request to disclose digital assets under Chapter 2001.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1141 (H.B. 2782), Sec. 41, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.402.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
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Estates Code
- Tex. Est. Code § 2001.101DISCLOSURE OF CONTENT OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OF DECEASED USER.Printed as Section 2001.101 | Section 2001.101(b)(3)
- Tex. Est. Code § 2001.102DISCLOSURE OF OTHER DIGITAL ASSETS OF DECEASED USER.Printed as Section 2001.102(b)(4)
- Tex. Est. Code § 2001.231CUSTODIAN COMPLIANCE AND IMMUNITY.Printed as Section 2001.231
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