{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-502.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 502.001","heading":"ORIGINAL PROBATE OF FOREIGN WILL AUTHORIZED.","body":"(a) This section applies only to a will of a testator who dies domiciled outside of this state that:\n(1) on probate, may operate on any property in this state; and\n(2) is valid under the laws of this state.\n(b) A court may grant original probate of a will described by Subsection (a) in the same manner as the court grants the probate of other wills under this title if the will:\n(1) has not been rejected from probate or establishment in the jurisdiction in which the testator died domiciled; or\n(2) has been rejected from probate or establishment in the jurisdiction in which the testator died domiciled solely for a cause that is not a ground for rejection of a will of a testator who died domiciled in this state.\n(c) A court may delay passing on an application for probate of a foreign will pending the result of probate or establishment, or of a contest of probate or establishment, in the jurisdiction in which the testator died domiciled.\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 502. ORIGINAL PROBATE OF FOREIGN WILL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.502.htm#502.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"546f5ae1ec656a4f30f7bf4f5a51ffb36a6a1d0c144e557310053b8e3847440a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-501.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-502.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}