Texas § 52.001 PROBATE DOCKET.

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§ 52.001 — PROBATE DOCKET.

Texas § 52.001

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Tex. Estates Code Code Ann. § 52.001 (2026).

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Sec. 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 with respect to whom, or with respect to whose estate, proceedings are commenced or sought to be commenced;

(2)the name of each executor, administrator, or applicant for letters testamentary or of administration;

(3)the date each original application for probate proceedings is filed;

(4)a notation of each order, judgment, decree, and proceeding that occurs in each estate, including the date it occurs; and

(5)the docket number of each estate as assigned under Subsection (b).

(b)The county clerk shall assign a docket number to each estate in the order proceedings are commenced.

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Sec. 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 with respect to whom, or with respect to whose estate, proceedings are commenced or sought to be commenced;
(2) the name of each executor, administrator, or applicant for letters testamentary or of administration;
(3) the date each original application for probate proceedings is filed;
(4) a notation of each order, judgment, decree, and proceeding that occurs in each estate, including the date it occurs; and
(5) the docket number of each estate as assigned under Subsection (b).
(b) The county clerk shall assign a docket number to each estate in the order proceedings are commenced.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 , Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (S.B. 1303 ), Sec. 8.001, eff. January 1, 2014.