Tex. Estates Code § 52.001
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 52.001, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 52.001. PROBATE DOCKET.
Official statutory text
(a) The county clerk shall maintain a record book titled "Judge's Probate Docket" and shall record in the book:
(1) the name of each person with respect to whom, or with respect to whose estate, proceedings are commenced or sought to be commenced;
(2) the name of each executor, administrator, or applicant for letters testamentary or of administration;
(3) the date each original application for probate proceedings is filed;
(4) a notation of each order, judgment, decree, and proceeding that occurs in each estate, including the date it occurs; and
(5) the docket number of each estate as assigned under Subsection (b).
(b) The county clerk shall assign a docket number to each estate in the order proceedings are commenced.
(1) the name of each person with respect to whom, or with respect to whose estate, proceedings are commenced or sought to be commenced;
(2) the name of each executor, administrator, or applicant for letters testamentary or of administration;
(3) the date each original application for probate proceedings is filed;
(4) a notation of each order, judgment, decree, and proceeding that occurs in each estate, including the date it occurs; and
(5) the docket number of each estate as assigned under Subsection (b).
(b) The county clerk shall assign a docket number to each estate in the order proceedings are commenced.
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