Tex. Estates Code § 152.004
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 152.004, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 152.004. TIME AND PLACE OF FILING.
Official statutory text
An emergency intervention application must be filed:
(1) with the court clerk in the county in which:
(A) the decedent was domiciled; or
(B) the accommodations rented by the decedent that contain the decedent's personal property are located; and
(2) not earlier than the third day after the date of the decedent's death and not later than nine months after the date of the decedent's death.
(1) with the court clerk in the county in which:
(A) the decedent was domiciled; or
(B) the accommodations rented by the decedent that contain the decedent's personal property are located; and
(2) not earlier than the third day after the date of the decedent's death and not later than nine months after the date of the decedent's death.
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