{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-257.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 257.053","heading":"ADDITIONAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS WHEN NO WILL IS PRODUCED.","body":"In addition to the requirements for an application under Section 257.051, if an applicant for the probate of a will as a muniment of title cannot produce the will in court, the application must state:\n(1) the reason the will cannot be produced;\n(2) the contents of the will, to the extent known; and\n(3) the name and address, if known, whether the person is an adult or minor, and the relationship to the testator, if any, of:\n(A) each devisee;\n(B) each person who would inherit as an heir of the testator in the absence of a valid will; and\n(C) in the case of partial intestacy, each heir of the testator.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 2912), Sec. 33, eff. January 1, 2014.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 949 (S.B. 995), Sec. 26, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE F. WILLS","CHAPTER 257. PROBATE OF WILL AS MUNIMENT OF TITLE","SUBCHAPTER B. APPLICATION AND PROOF REQUIREMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.257.htm#257.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"ff674e38e99edff6cae6eee0d9349048b6a3dbf81c170d16e90a7bb74fc77fbb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-257.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-257.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}