Tex. Estates Code § 503.052
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 503.052, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 503.052. RECORDED FOREIGN TESTAMENTARY INSTRUMENT AS NOTICE OF TITLE.
Official statutory text
A copy of a foreign will or other testamentary instrument described by Section 503.001 and the copy of the judgment, order, or decree by which the instrument was admitted to probate that is attested and proved as provided by that section and filed for recording in the deed records of the proper county in this state constitute notice to all persons of the:
(1) existence of the instrument; and
(2) title or titles conferred by the instrument.
(1) existence of the instrument; and
(2) title or titles conferred by the instrument.
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