Tex. Est. Code Section 151.001
Examination of Documents or Safe Deposit Box with Court Order

(a)

A judge of a court that has probate jurisdiction of a decedent’s estate may order a person to permit a court representative named in the order to examine a decedent’s documents or safe deposit box if it is shown to the judge that:

(1)

the person may possess or control the documents or that the person leased the safe deposit box to the decedent; and

(2)

the documents or safe deposit box may contain:

(A)

a will of the decedent;

(B)

a deed to a burial plot in which the decedent is to be buried; or

(C)

an insurance policy issued in the decedent’s name and payable to a beneficiary named in the policy.

(b)

The court representative shall examine the decedent’s documents or safe deposit box in the presence of:

(1)

the judge ordering the examination or an agent of the judge; and

(2)

the person who has possession or control of the documents or who leased the safe deposit box or, if that person is a corporation, an officer of the corporation or an agent of an officer.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.

Source: Section 151.001 — Examination of Documents or Safe Deposit Box with Court Order, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.­151.­htm#151.­001 (accessed May 11, 2024).

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