Tex. Estates Code § 151.004
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 151.004, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 151.004. DELIVERY OF DOCUMENT WITHOUT COURT ORDER.
Official statutory text
(a) Subject to Subsection (c), a person who permits an examination of a decedent's document or safe deposit box under Section 151.003 may deliver:
(1) a document appearing to be the decedent's will to:
(A) the clerk of a court that:
(i) has probate jurisdiction; and
(ii) is located in the county in which the decedent resided; or
(B) a person named in the document as an executor of the decedent's estate;
(2) a document appearing to be a deed to a burial plot in which the decedent is to be buried, or appearing to give burial instructions, to the person conducting the examination; or
(3) a document appearing to be an insurance policy on the decedent's life to a beneficiary named in the policy.
(b) A person who has leased a safe deposit box to the decedent shall keep a copy of a document delivered by the person under Subsection (a)(1) until the fourth anniversary of the date of delivery.
(c) A person may not deliver a document under Subsection (a) unless the person examining the document:
(1) requests delivery of the document; and
(2) issues a receipt for the document to the person delivering the document.
(1) a document appearing to be the decedent's will to:
(A) the clerk of a court that:
(i) has probate jurisdiction; and
(ii) is located in the county in which the decedent resided; or
(B) a person named in the document as an executor of the decedent's estate;
(2) a document appearing to be a deed to a burial plot in which the decedent is to be buried, or appearing to give burial instructions, to the person conducting the examination; or
(3) a document appearing to be an insurance policy on the decedent's life to a beneficiary named in the policy.
(b) A person who has leased a safe deposit box to the decedent shall keep a copy of a document delivered by the person under Subsection (a)(1) until the fourth anniversary of the date of delivery.
(c) A person may not deliver a document under Subsection (a) unless the person examining the document:
(1) requests delivery of the document; and
(2) issues a receipt for the document to the person delivering the document.
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