Tex. Estates Code § 151.002
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 151.002, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 151.002. DELIVERY OF DOCUMENT WITH COURT ORDER.
Official statutory text
(a) A judge who orders an examination of a decedent's documents or safe deposit box under Section 151.001 may order the person who possesses or controls the documents or who leases the safe deposit box to permit the court representative to take possession of a document described by Section 151.001(a)(2).
(b) The court representative shall deliver:
(1) a will to the clerk of a court that:
(A) has probate jurisdiction; and
(B) is located in the same county as the court of the judge who ordered the examination under Section 151.001;
(2) a burial plot deed to the person designated by the judge in the order for the examination; or
(3) an insurance policy to a beneficiary named in the policy.
(c) A court clerk to whom a will is delivered under Subsection (b) shall issue a receipt for the will to the court representative.
(b) The court representative shall deliver:
(1) a will to the clerk of a court that:
(A) has probate jurisdiction; and
(B) is located in the same county as the court of the judge who ordered the examination under Section 151.001;
(2) a burial plot deed to the person designated by the judge in the order for the examination; or
(3) an insurance policy to a beneficiary named in the policy.
(c) A court clerk to whom a will is delivered under Subsection (b) shall issue a receipt for the will to the court representative.
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