Tex. Estates Code § 252.105
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 252.105, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 252.105. NOTICE AND DELIVERY OF WILL TO DEVISEES.
Official statutory text
(a) If a county clerk inspects a will under Section 252.103, the clerk shall notify the devisees named in the will that the will is on deposit with the clerk if:
(1) the will does not name an executor;
(2) the person named as executor in the will:
(A) has died; or
(B) fails to take the will before the 31st day after the date the notice required by Section 252.104 is mailed to the person; or
(3) the notice mailed to the person named as executor is returned as undelivered.
(b) On request, the county clerk shall deliver the will to any or all of the devisees notified under Subsection (a).
(1) the will does not name an executor;
(2) the person named as executor in the will:
(A) has died; or
(B) fails to take the will before the 31st day after the date the notice required by Section 252.104 is mailed to the person; or
(3) the notice mailed to the person named as executor is returned as undelivered.
(b) On request, the county clerk shall deliver the will to any or all of the devisees notified under Subsection (a).
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