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Texas Probate Code - Section 128A. Notice To Certain Entities After Probate

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§ 128A. NOTICE TO CERTAIN ENTITIES AFTER PROBATE.  (a) If 
the address of the entity can be ascertained with reasonable 
diligence, an applicant under Section 81 of this code shall give the 
state, a governmental agency of the state, or a charitable 
organization notice that the entity is named as a devisee in a 
written will, a written will not produced, or a nuncupative will 
that has been admitted to probate.
	(b)  The notice required by Subsection (a) of this section 
must be given not later than the 30th day after the date of the 
probate of the will.
	(c)  The notice must be in writing and state the county in 
which the will was admitted to probate.  A copy of the application 
and the order admitting the will to probate and, if the application 
is for probate of a written will, a copy of the will must be attached 
to the notice.
	(d)  An entity entitled to notice under Subsection (a) of 
this section must be notified by registered or certified mail, 
return receipt requested.
	(e)  The applicant must file a copy of the notice with the 
court in which the will was admitted to probate.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1035, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.          

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