Sec. 151.001. EXAMINATION OF DOCUMENTS OR SAFE DEPOSIT BOX WITH COURT ORDER    


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  • (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 , Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.