{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-101.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 101.002","heading":"EFFECT OF JOINT OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY.","body":"If two or more persons hold an interest in property jointly and one joint owner dies before severance, the interest of the decedent in the joint estate:\n(1) does not survive to the remaining joint owner or owners; and\n(2) passes by will or intestacy from the decedent as if the decedent's interest had been severed.\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#101.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"17fff67e3b20ab15154d27be1c54238a979f81403cc06c7ef21c6231d9653cb4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-101.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-101.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}