Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 59.106 - Access By More Than One Person(a) If a safe deposit box is leased in the name of two or more persons jointly or if a person other than the lessee is designated in the lease agreement as having a right of access to the box, each of those persons is entitled to have access to the box and to remove its contents in the absence of a contract to the contrary. This right of access and removal is not affected by the death or incapacity of another person who is a lessee or otherwise entitled to have access to the box.(b) A safe deposit company is not responsible for damage arising from access to a safe deposit box or removal of any of its contents by a person with a right of access to the box. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1997.