2025 Texas Statutes
Estates Code
Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney
Subtitle F - Wills
Chapter 252 - Safekeeping and Custody of Wills
Subchapter B. Will Delivery During Life of Testator
Section 252.051. Will Delivery

Universal Citation:
TX Est Code § 252.051 (2025)
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Sec. 252.051. WILL DELIVERY. During the lifetime of the testator, a will deposited with a county clerk under Subchapter A may be delivered only to:

(1) the testator; or

(2) another person authorized by the testator by a sworn written order.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.

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