{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-52.052","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 52.052","heading":"CASE FILES.","body":"(a) The county clerk shall maintain a case file for the estate of each decedent for which a probate proceeding has been filed.\n(b) Each case file must contain each order, judgment, and proceeding of the court and any other probate filing with the court, including each:\n(1) application for the probate of a will;\n(2) application for the granting of administration;\n(3) citation and notice, whether published or posted, including the return on the citation or notice;\n(4) will and the testimony on which the will is admitted to probate;\n(5) bond and official oath;\n(6) inventory, appraisement, and list of claims;\n(6-a) affidavit in lieu of the inventory, appraisement, and list of claims;\n(7) exhibit and account;\n(8) report of renting;\n(9) application for sale or partition of real estate;\n(10) report of sale;\n(11) report of the commissioners of partition;\n(12) application for authority to execute a lease for mineral development, or for pooling or unitization of lands, royalty, or other interest in minerals, or to lend or invest money; and\n(13) report of lending or investing money.\n(c) Only the substance of a deposition must be recorded under Subsection (b)(4).\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1338 (S.B. 1198), Sec. 2.05, eff. January 1, 2014.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE B. PROCEDURAL MATTERS","CHAPTER 52. FILING AND RECORDKEEPING","SUBCHAPTER B. FILES; INDEX"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.52.htm#52.052","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"5c535ba23b668ee614163dcbf419f0218695aa67db6a1ccad06f459b797a0cd9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-52.051","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-52.053"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}