Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 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;(9) application for sale or partition of real estate;(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. 1/1/2014.Amended By Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1338, Sec. 2.05, eff. 1/1/2014.