Texas Estates Code Title 2, Chapter 52 - Filing And Recordkeeping

SUBCHAPTER A RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS

• Texas Section 52.001 - Probate Docket
  (a) The county clerk shall maintain a record book titled "Judge's Probate Docket" and shall record in the book: (1) the name of each person...
• Texas Section 52.002 - Claim Docket
  (a) The county clerk shall maintain a record book titled "Claim Docket" and shall record in the book each claim that is presented against an...
• Texas Section 52.003 - Probate Fee Book
  (a) The county clerk shall maintain a record book titled "Probate Fee Book" and shall record in the book each item of cost that accrues...

SUBCHAPTER B FILES; INDEX

• Texas Section 52.004 - Alternate Recordkeeping
  Instead of maintaining the record books described by Sections 52.001, 52.002, and 52.003, the county clerk may maintain the information described by those sections relating...
• Texas Section 52.051 - Filing Procedures
  (a) An application for a probate proceeding, complaint, petition, or other paper permitted or required by law to be filed with a court in a...
• Texas Section 52.052 - Case Files
  (a) The county clerk shall maintain a case file for the estate of each decedent for which a probate proceeding has been filed. (b) Each...
• Texas Section 52.053 - Index
  (a) The county clerk shall properly index the records required under this chapter. (b) The county clerk shall keep the index open for public inspection,...

Last modified: September 28, 2016