Texas § 501.004 RECORDING BY CLERK.

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§ 501.004 — RECORDING BY CLERK.

Texas § 501.004

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Tex. Estates Code Code Ann. § 501.004 (2026).

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Sec. 501.004. RECORDING BY CLERK.

(a)If a foreign will submitted for ancillary probate in this state has been admitted to probate or otherwise established in the jurisdiction in which the testator was domiciled at the time of the testator's death, it is the ministerial duty of the court clerk to record the will and the evidence of the will's probate or other establishment in the judge's probate docket.

(b)If a foreign will submitted for ancillary probate in this state has been admitted to probate or otherwise established in a jurisdiction other than the jurisdiction in which the testator was domiciled at the time of the testator's death, and a contest against the ancillary probate is not filed as authorized by Chapter 504 , the court clerk shall record the will and the evidence of the wi

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Sec. 501.004. RECORDING BY CLERK. (a) If a foreign will submitted for ancillary probate in this state has been admitted to probate or otherwise established in the jurisdiction in which the testator was domiciled at the time of the testator's death, it is the ministerial duty of the court clerk to record the will and the evidence of the will's probate or other establishment in the judge's probate docket.
(b) If a foreign will submitted for ancillary probate in this state has been admitted to probate or otherwise established in a jurisdiction other than the jurisdiction in which the testator was domiciled at the time of the testator's death, and a contest against the ancillary probate is not filed as authorized by Chapter 504 , the court clerk shall record the will and the evidence of the will's probate or other establishment in the judge's probate docket.
(c) A court order is not necessary for the recording of a foreign will in accordance with this section.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502 ), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (S.B. 1303 ), Sec. 8.019, eff. January 1, 2014.