Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Estates Code § 454.002: GRANT OF LETTERS ON PROOF OF DEATH.

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ESTATES CODE
TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY
SUBTITLE J. ADDITIONAL MATTERS RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN ESTATES
CHAPTER 454. ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATE OF PERSON PRESUMED DEAD
SUBCHAPTER A. ESTATES OF PERSONS PRESUMED DEAD

On application for the grant of letters testamentary or of administration for the estate of a person presumed to be dead, the court shall grant the letters if the death of the person is proved by circumstantial evidence to the court's satisfaction.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.

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