{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-101.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 101.001","heading":"PASSAGE OF ESTATE ON DECEDENT'S DEATH.","body":"(a) Subject to Section 101.051, if a person dies leaving a lawful will:\n(1) all of the person's estate that is devised by the will vests immediately in the devisees;\n(2) all powers of appointment granted in the will vest immediately in the donees of those powers; and\n(3) all of the person's estate that is not devised by the will vests immediately in the person's heirs at law.\n(b) Subject to Section 101.051, the estate of a person who dies intestate vests immediately in the person's heirs at law.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE C. PASSAGE OF TITLE AND DISTRIBUTION OF DECEDENTS' PROPERTY IN GENERAL","CHAPTER 101. ESTATE ASSETS IN GENERAL","SUBCHAPTER A. PASSAGE AND POSSESSION OF DECEDENT'S ESTATE ON DEATH"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.101.htm#101.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"7cebd451710f690c0d1af6f7176e5787b0a0c55138f5803931e99088f94e8491","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-56.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-101.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}