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.
Will Not Effective Until Probated
Tex. Estates Code § 256.001, under Probate of Wills Generally.
Tex. Estates Code § 256.001