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Tex. Estates Code § 305.002: MANNER OF QUALIFICATION OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE.
Where this section sits in the code
- ESTATES CODE
- TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY
- SUBTITLE G. INITIAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND OPENING OF ADMINISTRATION
- CHAPTER 305. QUALIFICATION OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES
- SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
(a) A personal representative, other than an executor described by Subsection (b), is considered to have qualified when the representative has:
(1) taken and filed the oath prescribed by Subchapter B or made, signed, and filed the declaration prescribed by Subchapter B;
(2) filed the required bond with the clerk; and
(3) obtained the judge's approval of the bond.
(b) An executor who is not required to give a bond is considered to have qualified when the executor has taken and filed the oath prescribed by Subchapter B or made, signed, and filed the declaration prescribed by Subchapter B.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 2912), Sec. 36, eff. January 1, 2014.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 205 (S.B. 1373), Sec. 21, eff. September 1, 2023.
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