Tex. Est. Code § 503.001 · Subchapter A. REQUIREMENTS FOR RECORDING FOREIGN TESTAMENTARY INSTRUMENT
AUTHORIZATION TO RECORD CERTAIN FOREIGN TESTAMENTARY INSTRUMENTS IN DEED RECORDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A copy of a will or other testamentary instrument that conveys, or in any other manner disposes of, land in this state and that has been probated according to the laws of any state of the United States or a country other than the United States, along with a copy of the judgment, order, or decree by which the instrument was admitted to probate that has the attestation, seal, and certificate required by Section 501.002(c), may be filed and recorded in the deed records in any county in this state in which the land is located:
(1) without further proof or authentication, subject to Section 503.003; and
(2) in the same manner as a deed or conveyance is required to be recorded under the laws of this state.
(b) A copy of a will or other testamentary instrument described by Subsection (a), along with a copy of the judgment, order, or decree by which the instrument was admitted to probate that has the attestation and certificate required by Section 501.002(c), is:
(1) prima facie evidence that the instrument has been admitted to probate according to the laws of the state or country in which it was allegedly admitted to probate; and
(2) sufficient to authorize the instrument and the judgment, order, or decree to be recorded in the deed records in the proper county or counties in this state.
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.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.503.htm
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Estates Code
- Tex. Est. Code § 503.002RECORDING OF CERTAIN FOREIGN TESTAMENTARY INSTRUMENTS IN LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH.Printed as Section 503.001(a)
- Tex. Est. Code § 503.003CONTEST OF RECORDED FOREIGN TESTAMENTARY INSTRUMENT PERMITTED.Printed as Section 503.001
- Tex. Est. Code § 503.051RECORDED FOREIGN TESTAMENTARY INSTRUMENT AS CONVEYANCE.Printed as Section 503.001
- Tex. Est. Code § 503.052RECORDED FOREIGN TESTAMENTARY INSTRUMENT AS NOTICE OF TITLE.Printed as Section 503.001
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