Section 151.001 - Examination of Documents or Safe Deposit Box With Court Order(a) A judge of a court that has probate jurisdiction of a decedent's estate may order a person to permit a court representative named in the order to examine a decedent's documents or safe deposit box if it is shown to the judge that: (1) the person may possess or control the documents or that the person leased the safe deposit box to the decedent; and(2) the documents or safe deposit box may contain:(A) a will of the decedent;(B) a deed to a burial plot in which the decedent is to be buried; or(C) an insurance policy issued in the decedent's name and payable to a beneficiary named in the policy.(b) The court representative shall examine the decedent's documents or safe deposit box in the presence of:(1) the judge ordering the examination or an agent of the judge; and(2) the person who has possession or control of the documents or who leased the safe deposit box or, if that person is a corporation, an officer of the corporation or an agent of an officer.Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/2014.