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Texas Probate Code - Section 14. Claim Docket

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§ 14. CLAIM DOCKET.  The county clerk shall also keep a 
record book to be styled "Claim Docket," and shall enter therein all 
claims presented against an estate for approval by the court.  This 
docket shall be ruled in sixteen columns at proper intervals from 
top to bottom, with a short note of the contents at the top of each 
column.  One or more pages shall be assigned to each estate.  The 
following information shall be entered in the respective columns 
beginning with the first or marginal column:  The names of claimants 
in the order in which their claims are filed;  the amount of the 
claim;  its date;  the date of filing;  when due;  the date from 
which it bears interest;  the rate of interest;  when allowed by the 
executor or administrator;  the amount allowed;  the date of 
rejection;  when approved;  the amount approved;  when disapproved;  
the class to which the claim belongs;  when established by judgment 
of a court;  the amount of such judgment.

Acts 1955, 54th Leg., p. 88, ch. 55, eff. Jan. 1, 1956.  Amended by 
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 957, § 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

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