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Terms Used In Texas Estates Code 503.051

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005

A copy of a foreign will or other testamentary instrument described by Section 503.001 and the copy of the judgment, order, or decree by which the instrument was admitted to probate that are attested and proved as provided by that section and delivered to the county clerk of the proper county in this state to be recorded in the deed records:
(1) take effect and are valid as a deed of conveyance of all property in this state covered by the instrument; and
(2) have the same effect as a recorded deed or other conveyance of land beginning at the time the instrument is delivered to the clerk to be recorded.