Tex. Est. Code § 501.005 · Chapter 501. ANCILLARY PROBATE OF FOREIGN WILL

EFFECT OF FILING AND RECORDING FOREIGN WILL.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

On filing and recording a foreign will in accordance with this chapter, the foreign will:

(1) is considered to be admitted to probate; and

(2) has the same effect for all purposes as if the original will had been admitted to probate by order of a court of this state, subject to contest in the manner and to the extent provided by Chapter 504.

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.501.htm
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