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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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ESTATES CODE |
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Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY |
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Subtitle B. PROCEDURAL MATTERS |
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Chapter 52. FILING AND RECORDKEEPING |
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Subchapter B. FILES; INDEX |
Sec. 52.052. CASE FILES
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(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).