ESTATES CODE

TITLE 2.  ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY

SUBTITLE F. WILLS

CHAPTER 256.  PROBATE OF WILLS GENERALLY

SUBCHAPTER A. EFFECTIVENESS OF WILL; PERIOD FOR PROBATE

Sec. 256.001.  WILL NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL PROBATED.  Except as provided by Subtitle K with respect to foreign wills, a will is not effective to prove title to, or the right to possession of, any property disposed of by the will until the will is admitted to probate.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.