Texas Probate Code - Section 6. Venue For Probate Of Wills And Administration Of Estates Of Decedents

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§ 6. VENUE FOR PROBATE OF WILLS AND ADMINISTRATION OF 
ESTATES OF DECEDENTS.  Wills shall be admitted to probate, and 
letters testamentary or of administration shall be granted:
	(a)  In the county where the deceased resided, if he had a 
domicile or fixed place of residence in this State.
	(b)  If the deceased had no domicile or fixed place of 
residence in this State but died in this State, then either in the 
county where his principal property was at the time of his death, or 
in the county where he died.
	(c)  If he had no domicile or fixed place of residence in this 
State, and died outside the limits of this State, then in any county 
in this State where his nearest of kin reside.
	(d)  But if he had no kindred in this State, then in the 
county where his principal estate was situated at the time of his 
death.
	(e)  In the county where the applicant resides, when 
administration is for the purpose only of receiving funds or money 
due to a deceased person or his estate from any governmental source 
or agency;  provided, that unless the mother or father or spouse or 
adult child of the deceased is applicant, citation shall be served 
personally on the living parents and spouses and adult children, if 
any, of the deceased person, or upon those who are alive and whose 
addresses are known to the applicant.

Acts 1955, 54th Leg., p. 88, ch. 55, eff. Jan. 1, 1956.                       

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