Texas § 52.052 CASE FILES.

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§ 52.052 — CASE FILES.

Texas § 52.052

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Tex. Estates Code Code Ann. § 52.052 (2026).

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Sec. 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 case file must contain each order, judgment, and proceeding of the court and any other probate filing with the court, including each:

(1)application for the probate of a will;

(2)application for the granting of administration;

(3)citation and notice, whether published or posted, including the return on the citation or notice;

(4)will and the testimony on which the will is admitted to probate;

(5)bond and official oath;

(6)inventory, appraisement, and list of claims; (6-a) affidavit in lieu of the inventory, appraisement, and list of claims;

(7)exhibit and account;

(8)report of renting;

(9)application for sale or partition

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Sec. 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 case file must contain each order, judgment, and proceeding of the court and any other probate filing with the court, including each:
(1) application for the probate of a will;
(2) application for the granting of administration;
(3) citation and notice, whether published or posted, including the return on the citation or notice;
(4) will and the testimony on which the will is admitted to probate;
(5) bond and official oath;
(6) inventory, appraisement, and list of claims;
(6-a) affidavit in lieu of the inventory, appraisement, and list of claims;
(7) exhibit and account;
(8) report of renting;
(9) application for sale or partition of real estate;
(10) report of sale;
(11) report of the commissioners of partition;
(12) application for authority to execute a lease for mineral development, or for pooling or unitization of lands, royalty, or other interest in minerals, or to lend or invest money; and
(13) report of lending or investing money.
(c) Only the substance of a deposition must be recorded under Subsection (b)(4).

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. 1338 (S.B. 1198 ), Sec. 2.05, eff. January 1, 2014.