Sec. 33.001. PROBATE OF WILLS AND GRANTING OF LETTERS TESTAMENTARY AND OF ADMINISTRATION. Venue for a probate proceeding to admit a will to probate or for the granting of letters testamentary or of administration is:
(1) in the county in which the decedent resided, if the decedent had a domicile or fixed place of residence in this state; or
(2) with respect to a decedent who did not have a domicile or fixed place of residence in this state:
(A) if the decedent died in this state, in the county in which:
(i) the decedent's principal estate was located at the time of the decedent's death; or
(ii) the decedent died; or
(B) if the decedent died outside of this state:
(i) in any county in this state in which the decedent's nearest of kin reside; or
(ii) if there is no next of kin of the decedent in this state, in the county in which the decedent's principal estate was located at the time of the decedent's death.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1338 (S.B. 1198), Sec. 2.04, eff. January 1, 2014.
Section: 33.001 33.002 33.003 33.004 33.005 33.051 33.052 33.053 33.054 33.055 33.101 33.102 33.103 NextLast modified: September 28, 2016