{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-501.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 501.005","heading":"EFFECT OF FILING AND RECORDING FOREIGN WILL.","body":"On filing and recording a foreign will in accordance with this chapter, the foreign will:\n(1) is considered to be admitted to probate; and\n(2) has the same effect for all purposes as if the original will had been admitted to probate by order of a court of this state, subject to contest in the manner and to the extent provided by Chapter 504.\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 K. FOREIGN WILLS, OTHER TESTAMENTARY INSTRUMENTS, AND FIDUCIARIES","CHAPTER 501. ANCILLARY PROBATE OF FOREIGN WILL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.501.htm#501.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"3a9bfeb915e691e5e698af2cf8a1735cf0268b991b107994fdf3f4fbedc276cf","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-501.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-501.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}