Tex. Est. Code Section 151.004
Delivery of Document Without Court Order

(a)

Subject to Subsection (c), a person who permits an examination of a decedent’s document or safe deposit box under Section 151.003 (Examination of Document or Safe Deposit Box Without Court Order) may deliver:

(1)

a document appearing to be the decedent’s will to:

(A)

the clerk of a court that:
(i)
has probate jurisdiction; and
(ii)
is located in the county in which the decedent resided; or

(B)

a person named in the document as an executor of the decedent’s estate;

(2)

a document appearing to be a deed to a burial plot in which the decedent is to be buried, or appearing to give burial instructions, to the person conducting the examination; or

(3)

a document appearing to be an insurance policy on the decedent’s life to a beneficiary named in the policy.

(b)

A person who has leased a safe deposit box to the decedent shall keep a copy of a document delivered by the person under Subsection (a)(1) until the fourth anniversary of the date of delivery.

(c)

A person may not deliver a document under Subsection (a) unless the person examining the document:

(1)

requests delivery of the document; and

(2)

issues a receipt for the document to the person delivering the document.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.

Source: Section 151.004 — Delivery of Document Without Court Order, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.­151.­htm#151.­004 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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