Texas § ES.256.201 - ADMISSION OF WILL TO PROBATE
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§ ES.256.201. ADMISSION OF WILL TO PROBATE
ADMISSION OF WILL TO PROBATE. If the court is satisfied on the completion of hearing an application for the probate of a will that the will should be admitted to probate, the court shall enter an order admitting the will to probate. Certified copies of the will and the order admitting the will to probate, or of the record of the will and order, and the record of testimony, may be: (1) recorded in other counties; and (2) used in evidence, as the originals may be used, on the trial of the same matter in any other court when taken to that court by appeal or otherwise. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502 ), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Source: official Texas text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section ES.256.201 ("ADMISSION OF WILL TO PROBATE") 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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