Texas Estates Code Title 2, Chapter 51 - Notices And Process In Probate Proceedings In General

SUBCHAPTER A ISSUANCE AND FORM OF NOTICE OR PROCESS

• Texas Section 51.001 - Issuance Of Notice Or Process In General
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person is not required to be cited or otherwise given notice except in a situation in which...
• Texas Section 51.002 - Direction Of Writ Or Other Process
  (a) A writ or other process other than a citation or notice must be directed "To any sheriff or constable within the State of Texas."...

SUBCHAPTER B METHODS OF SERVING CITATION OR NOTICE; PERSONS

• Texas Section 51.003 - Contents Of Citation Or Notice
  (a) A citation or notice must: (1) be directed to the person to be cited or notified; (2) be dated; (3) state the style and...
• Texas Section 51.051 - Personal Service
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (b), if personal service of citation or notice is required, the citation or notice must be served on...
• Texas Section 51.052 - Service By Mail
  (a) The county clerk, or the personal representative if required by statute or court order, shall serve a citation or notice required or permitted to...
• Texas Section 51.053 - Service By Posting
  (a) The county clerk shall deliver the original and a copy of a citation or notice required to be posted to the sheriff or a...
• Texas Section 51.054 - Service By Publication
  (a) Citation or notice to a person to be served by publication shall be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the...
• Texas Section 51.055 - Service On Party's Attorney Of Record
  (a) If a party is represented by an attorney of record in a probate proceeding, each citation or notice required to be served on the...

SUBCHAPTER C RETURN AND PROOF OF SERVICE OF CITATION OR NOTICE

• Texas Section 51.056 - Service On Personal Representative Or Receiver
  Unless this title expressly provides for another method of service, the county clerk who issues a citation or notice required to be served on a...
• Texas Section 51.101 - Requirements For Return On Citation Or Notice Served By Personal Service
  The return of the person serving a citation or notice under Section 51.051 must: (1) be endorsed on or attached to the citation or notice;...
• Texas Section 51.102 - Validity Of Service And Return On Citation Or Notice Served By Posting
  (a) A citation or notice in a probate matter that is required to be served by posting and is issued in conformity with this title,...
• Texas Section 51.103 - Proof Of Service
  (a) Proof of service in each case requiring citation or notice must be filed before the hearing. (b) Proof of service consists of: (1) if...

SUBCHAPTER D ALTERNATIVE MANNER OF ISSUANCE, SERVICE, AND RETURN

• Texas Section 51.104 - Return To Court
  A citation or notice issued by a county clerk must be returned to the court from which the citation or notice was issued on the...

SUBCHAPTER E ADDITIONAL NOTICE PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 51.151 - Court-ordered Issuance, Service, And Return Under Certain Circumstances
  (a) A citation or notice required by this title shall be issued, served, and returned in the manner specified by written order of the court...
• Texas Section 51.201 - Waiver Of Notice Of Hearing
  (a) A legally competent person who is interested in a hearing in a probate proceeding may waive notice of the hearing in writing either in...
• Texas Section 51.202 - Request For Notice Of Filing Of Pleading
  (a) At any time after an application is filed to commence a probate proceeding, including a proceeding for the probate of a will, the grant...
• Texas Section 51.203 - Service Of Notice Of Intention To Take Depositions In Certain Matters
  (a) If a will is to be probated, or in another probate matter in which there is no opposing party or attorney of record on...

Last modified: September 28, 2016