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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Estates Code § 51.001: ISSUANCE OF NOTICE OR PROCESS IN GENERAL.

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  1. ESTATES CODE
  2. TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY
  3. SUBTITLE B. PROCEDURAL MATTERS
  4. CHAPTER 51. NOTICES AND PROCESS IN PROBATE PROCEEDINGS IN GENERAL
  5. SUBCHAPTER A. ISSUANCE AND FORM OF NOTICE OR PROCESS

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person is not required to be cited or otherwise given notice except in a situation in which this title expressly provides for citation or the giving of notice.

(b) If this title does not expressly provide for citation or the issuance or return of notice in a probate matter, the court may require that notice be given. A court that requires that notice be given may prescribe the form and manner of service of the notice and the return of service.

(c) Unless a court order is required by this title, the county clerk without a court order shall issue:

(1) necessary citations, writs, and other process in a probate matter; and

(2) all notices not required to be issued by a personal representative.

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

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:08Z. Source file · JSON

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