Tex. Est. Code Section 52.052
Case Files


(a)

The county clerk shall maintain a case file for the estate of each decedent for which a probate proceeding has been filed.

(b)

Each case file must contain each order, judgment, and proceeding of the court and any other probate filing with the court, including each:

(1)

application for the probate of a will;

(2)

application for the granting of administration;

(3)

citation and notice, whether published or posted, including the return on the citation or notice;

(4)

will and the testimony on which the will is admitted to probate;

(5)

bond and official oath;

(6)

inventory, appraisement, and list of claims;

(6-a)

affidavit in lieu of the inventory, appraisement, and list of claims;

(7)

exhibit and account;

(8)

report of renting;

(9)

application for sale or partition of real estate;

(10)

report of sale;

(11)

report of the commissioners of partition;

(12)

application for authority to execute a lease for mineral development, or for pooling or unitization of lands, royalty, or other interest in minerals, or to lend or invest money; and

(13)

report of lending or investing money.

(c)

Only the substance of a deposition must be recorded under Subsection (b)(4).
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. 1338 (S.B. 1198), Sec. 2.05, eff. January 1, 2014.

Source: Section 52.052 — Case Files, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.­52.­htm#52.­052 (accessed May 25, 2024).

Accessed:
May 25, 2024

§ 52.052’s source at texas​.gov