Texas § ES.151.004 - DELIVERY OF DOCUMENT WITHOUT COURT ORDER
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§ ES.151.004. DELIVERY OF DOCUMENT WITHOUT COURT ORDER
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 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.
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Section ES.151.004 ("DELIVERY OF DOCUMENT WITHOUT COURT ORDER") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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