{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-252.105","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 252.105","heading":"NOTICE AND DELIVERY OF WILL TO DEVISEES.","body":"(a) If a county clerk inspects a will under Section 252.103, the clerk shall notify the devisees named in the will that the will is on deposit with the clerk if:\n(1) the will does not name an executor;\n(2) the person named as executor in the will:\n(A) has died; or\n(B) fails to take the will before the 31st day after the date the notice required by Section 252.104 is mailed to the person; or\n(3) the notice mailed to the person named as executor is returned as undelivered.\n(b) On request, the county clerk shall deliver the will to any or all of the devisees notified under Subsection (a).\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 701 (H.B. 2207), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE F. WILLS","CHAPTER 252. SAFEKEEPING AND CUSTODY OF WILLS","SUBCHAPTER C. ACTIONS BY COUNTY CLERK ON DEATH OF TESTATOR"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.252.htm#252.105","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"c29cad4a0f4db429c35d90e3ee9c00ad7cf5514934d18288910a8cc4acd72a8a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-252.104","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-252.151"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}