{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-151.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 151.001","heading":"EXAMINATION OF DOCUMENTS OR SAFE DEPOSIT BOX WITH COURT ORDER.","body":"(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:\n(1) the person may possess or control the documents or that the person leased the safe deposit box to the decedent; and\n(2) the documents or safe deposit box may contain:\n(A) a will of the decedent;\n(B) a deed to a burial plot in which the decedent is to be buried; or\n(C) an insurance policy issued in the decedent's name and payable to a beneficiary named in the policy.\n(b) The court representative shall examine the decedent's documents or safe deposit box in the presence of:\n(1) the judge ordering the examination or an agent of the judge; and\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE D. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATE","CHAPTER 151. EXAMINATION OF DOCUMENTS AND SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.151.htm#151.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"b6988c717fe08ab8d33204f0eb8c6a48d9623c5f4e1f5700772b707ea482fabd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-124.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-151.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}