Texas Probate Code - Section 36E. Delivery Of Document Without Court Order
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§ 36E. DELIVERY OF DOCUMENT WITHOUT COURT ORDER. (a) A
person who permits an examination of a decedent's document or safe
deposit box under Section 36D of this code may deliver:
(1) a document appearing to be the decedent's will to the
clerk of a court that has probate jurisdiction and that is located
in the county in which the decedent resided or to the person named
in the document as an executor of the decedent's estate;
(2) a document appearing to be a deed to a burial plot in
which the decedent is to be buried or appearing to give burial
instructions to the person making the examination; or
(3) a document appearing to be an insurance policy on the
decedent's life to a beneficiary named in the policy.
(b) A person who has leased a safe deposit box to the
decedent shall keep a copy of a document appearing to be a will that
the person delivers under Subsection (a) of this section. The
person shall keep the copy for four years after the day of delivery.
(c) A person may not deliver a document under Subsection (a)
of this section unless requested to do so by the person examining
the document and unless the person examining the document issues a
receipt for the document to the person who is to deliver it.
Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 193, ch. 17, art. 3, §
1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
Section: 34 34A 35 36 36B 36C 36D 36E 36F 37 37A 37B 37C 38 39
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