Tex. Estates Code § 504.052
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 504.052, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 504.052. EFFECT OF NOTICE.
Official statutory text
After a notice is filed and recorded under Section 504.051, the probate or recording in this state of the foreign will that is the subject of the notice has no effect until verified proof is filed and recorded that the foreign proceedings:
(1) have been terminated in favor of the will; or
(2) were never commenced.
(1) have been terminated in favor of the will; or
(2) were never commenced.
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