{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-253.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 253.002","heading":"REVOCATION OF WILL.","body":"A written will, or a clause or devise in a written will, may not be revoked, except by a subsequent will, codicil, or declaration in writing that is executed with like formalities, or by the testator destroying or canceling the same, or causing it to be destroyed or canceled in the testator's presence.\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 253. CHANGE AND REVOCATION OF WILLS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.253.htm#253.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"0f4770e7ef45d7dbce8eb1560b2e90560e2474416ae571ce659a27fc3bac147d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-253.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-254.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}