Sec. 36E. DELIVERY OF DOCUMENT WITHOUT COURT ORDER
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(a) A person who permits an examination of a decedent's document or safe deposit box under Section 36D of this code may deliver:
(1) a document appearing to be the decedent's will to the clerk of a court that has probate jurisdiction and that is located in the county in which the decedent resided or to the 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 making 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 appearing to be a will that the person delivers under Subsection (a) of this section. The person shall keep the copy for four years after the day of delivery.
(c) A person may not deliver a document under Subsection (a) of this section unless requested to do so by the person examining the document and unless the person examining the document issues a receipt for the document to the person who is to deliver it.