Tex. Estates Code § 151.001
EXAMINATION OF DOCUMENTS OR SAFE DEPOSIT BOX WITH COURT ORDER
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- Tex. Estates Code § 151.001, EXAMINATION OF DOCUMENTS OR SAFE DEPOSIT BOX WITH COURT ORDER, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/624239
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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.