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).

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.