Sec. 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 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.