{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-256.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 256.001","heading":"WILL NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL PROBATED.","body":"Except as provided by Subtitle K with respect to foreign wills, a will is not effective to prove title to, or the right to possession of, any property disposed of by the will until the will is admitted to probate.\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 256. PROBATE OF WILLS GENERALLY","SUBCHAPTER A. EFFECTIVENESS OF WILL; PERIOD FOR PROBATE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.256.htm#256.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"579c707b37441a819f0e5b1a7433d0167a9fd89fa4e7463a9ecf2150438b5d44","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-255.456","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-256.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}