Sec. 256.051. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS FOR PROBATE OF WILL

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(a) An executor named in a will or an interested person may file an application with the court for an order admitting a will to probate, whether the will is:
(1) written or unwritten;
(2) in the applicant's possession or not;
(3) lost;
(4) destroyed; or
(5) outside of this state.
(b) An application for the probate of a will may be combined with an application for the appointment of an executor or administrator. A person interested in either the probate or the appointment may apply for both.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 , Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.

                    
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