How do I have a will probated?

Dear TX, If you have your home and bank account titled in Joint Ownership with right of survival, then those two items are not part of your probate estate and will pass directly to the survivor of the first to die in regards to the house and the remaining financial account funds will go to your designated beneficiary on the account.  The surviving joint tenant of the house will simply have to record an affidavit w/a certified copy of the death certificate of the first to go at the local recorder of deeds office.  Now, if it turns out that YOU are the last survivor with the home, make sure you have an estate plan in place to convey the property.   And by the way, if you were asking the question as the potential executor of someone's estate and that's all they had, then the same answer applies.  You are required by law to file the will with the clerk of the circuit court where the decedent lived within 30 days whether or not a probate estate is opened.  Hope that helps.