Texas Probate Code - Section 36D. Examination Of Document Or Safe Deposit Box Without Court Order

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§ 36D. EXAMINATION OF DOCUMENT OR SAFE DEPOSIT BOX WITHOUT 
COURT ORDER.  (a) A person who possesses or controls a document 
delivered by a decedent for safekeeping or who leases a safe deposit 
box to a decedent may permit any of the following persons to examine 
the document or the contents of the safe deposit box:
	(1)  the spouse of the decedent;                                               
	(2)  a parent of the decedent;                                                 
	(3)  a descendant of the decedent who is at least 18 years 
old;  or          
	(4)  a person named as executor of the decedent's estate in a 
copy of a document that the person has and that appears to be a will 
of the decedent.
	(b)  The examination shall be conducted in the presence of 
the person who possesses or controls the document or who leases the 
safe deposit box or, if the person is a corporation, an officer of 
the corporation.

Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 193, ch. 17, art. 3, § 
1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.

Last modified: August 10, 2007