Tex. Est. Code Section 52.001
Probate Docket

(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.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (S.B. 1303), Sec. 8.001, eff. January 1, 2014.

Source: Section 52.001 — Probate Docket, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.­52.­htm#52.­001 (accessed May 18, 2024).

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