{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-252.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 252.003","heading":"NUMBERING OF FILED WILLS AND CORRESPONDING CERTIFICATES.","body":"(a) A county clerk shall number wills deposited with the clerk in consecutive order.\n(b) A certificate of deposit issued under Section 252.001(c) on receipt of a will must bear the same number as the will for which the certificate is issued.\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 F. WILLS","CHAPTER 252. SAFEKEEPING AND CUSTODY OF WILLS","SUBCHAPTER A. DEPOSIT OF WILL WITH COUNTY CLERK"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.252.htm#252.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"b695849d9e772985651513cd4481639121875b300742aa0db36330569a21bb45","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-252.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-252.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}